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TIL that soldiers in the German Army are allowed to disobey any order they think would violate human dignity.

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e0rXk TIL that Jews were often blamed and persecuted for being the cause of the Black Plague.
4XL95 TIL Charlie Chaplin made his first sound film in 1940, which was 13 years after the emergence of talkies. His silent films in this time were still very popular.
E9Zo TIL that if the United States cut its military budget by 85% it would still have the largest military budget in the world.
pb6b TIL astronauts use liquid salt and pepper because the normal type would just float away and be a safety hazard.
nr7B TIL legendary film director Nicholas Ray divorced actress Gloria Grahame in 1952, after finding her in bed with his 13 year old son.