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TIL Pope Benedict XVI was part of the Hitler Youth

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PYGmg TIL that Charles Curtis, Vice President to Herbert Hoover, was of Native American ancestry and grew up partly among the Kaw tribe
OG8Ma TIL Miriam Ferguson a Democrat was the first female Governor of Texas.
R4Ba TIL in 1988 a United States warship accidentally shot down an Iranian civilian airplane, killing nearly 300 passengers, after confusing it for an attacking F-14.
8aNxZ TIL in 2003, a woman found a stolen painting worth $1 million in the trash on a NYC curb. She felt it "had power" and took it without knowing its origin or value. She spent 4 years researching it and discovered it’d been stolen in 1987. She got a $15,000 reward plus a % of its $1,049,000 sale price.
9abm TIL Connecticut teacher Julie Amero was convicted of sex offenses after a computer virus caused Porn Pop Ups to be displayed in her classroom. The felony convictions eventually vacated, she was still required to surrender her teaching license.