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TIL: Sophie Scholl was a German woman executed by the Nazis for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets. Her last words were: “How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to offer themselves up individually for a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go.”

rR0ox TIL There are Shadow Doctors that Perform Surgery I came across a video of a youtube that was a translator for a hospital in South Korea and she elaborated on why she wouldn’t want plastic surgery done on her. I thought it was interesting and worth a share...
7rLrX TIL: The demand for Star Wars merchandise was so unexpected that none of the action figures were ready for Xmas 1977, forcing the manufacturer to instead release an empty cardboard box as a display diorama for the upcoming toys. The boxes now sell for $4,000 to $8,000 each on the collector's market.
9Yr0X TIL about Joseph Trombino, a Brinks security guard who, after being shot multiple times in the famed armored car robbery of 1981, was almost killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and eventually lost his life during the 9/11 attacks while making a delivery in the North Tower.
kJVZ5 TIL Greyhound aka Dog racing is still around in the US with only two active tracks, both located in West Virginia.
kg9E TIL when Nancy Reagan asked Miles Davis what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation to a White House in 1987, he responded with “Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except fuck the president?”