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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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6EYJY TIL of Göbekli Tepe in Turkey; the world's oldest spiritual site. At over 12,000 years old it is older than both the Pyramids and Stonehenge and is even older than the invention of agriculture or pottery.
kO4g7 TIL Bing Crosby was refused a hotel room for wearing jeans so Levis made him a jean jacket - the Canadian Tuxedo was born
KYE54 Today I learned about the 4 astronomer nuns who helped map nearly 500,000 stars in the late 1800s and early part of the 20th century. Emilia Ponzoni, Regina Colombo, Concetta Finardi and Luigia Panceri.
9PL7 TIL that Operation DoubleCross was so successful for the British during WW2 that every spy the Nazis sent to Britain was successfully turned into a double agent.
nW4Q9 TIL: Henry Ford introduced the $5 work day in 1914, doubling his avg employees wages overnight and investing $10m of profits back into his employees coining the term "profit sharing" which helped launch the American middle class and was seen as "an honest wage for an honest days work."