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TIL the FBI planted a fake terrorist in a mosque in California - the mosque called the FBI on the “terrorist” and got a restraining order against him

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78Kr TIL Rochus Misch, age 95, is the last surviving person to have known Hitler personally and witnessed his suicide. He worked as his personal bodyguard, courier and phone operator in the Fuhrerbunker, and still lives in the same house in Berlin where he moved upon his release from the Soviets in 1954
Z8ANQ TIL in 1997 Eddie Murphy was observed picking up a transgender prostitute named Shalimar Seiuli. She was arrested on an outstanding warrant but Murphy was let go. He claimed he was just giving her a ride.
ADy7w TIL that in 2015, a German court ruled that men have a right to pee while standing up, rejecting a landlord's claim that his marble floor had been ruined and leading to the creation of a new German word, "Sitzpinkler" (those who pee while sitting down).
9GoQ TIL that in 2009, 78% of schools in Atlanta altered the answers on elementary students’ state exams to produce higher scores that would bring bonuses to administration, leading to criminal racketeering convictions.
LDAd TIL while Lord Byron was at university, school regulations prevented him from keeping a dog. In lieu of the dog, Byron kept a tame bear on campus.