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TIL that IBM leased punchcard machines for high fees to the Nazis that allowed them to catalog and identify the Jewish population via censuses, registrations, and ancestral tracing

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XE5o8 TIL David Letterman taped a show while flying on a 747 from New York to Miami, even bringing along his desk and band.
dDkYK TIL Xijinping has published over 100 books with around 100 million copies sold, raked in at least 500 million yuan(69 million USD) of royalty by a conservative estimate
nepJo TIL pineapples in the 1700s were worth over $8000 in present-day currency. People would literally rent them to flex at parties.
NXPe TIL a supply specialist in the Korean War didn’t know the code word for mortar rounds and sent crates full of Tootsie Rolls to Marines in need of mortar rounds
epxv6 TIL despite numerous rumors and conspiracy theories, historical records and credible sources firmly state that Adolf Hitler did not have any known children. This has been corroborated by various historians and scholars who have extensively researched Hitler's personal life and lineage.