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TIL when Bolivia sent proof to the CIA that Che Guevara was dead, they sent fingerprints for proof. When the VIA said that wasn't proof, they sent the hands with ink still on them. NSFW

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8a7YL TIL that the International Red Cross visited the Concentration Camp Theresienstadt during WWII and - in a complete failure to recognize that the Nazis faked everything - reported life there being nearly "normal". 33,000 people died in Theresienstadt.
9YdEm TIL AL Capone sponsored a soup kitchen in Chicago during the Depression.
BQ1K TIL that Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in WWII, and is the last surviving head of state who served in uniform during the Second World War.
dDGK TIL portabello mushrooms, button mushrooms, and white mushrooms are all the same mushroom at different levels of maturity.
POoL TIL that the human brain is not as firm as we like to think it is sometimes. It’s actually the consistency of Jell-O. (Warning: real human brain and a little bit of blood).