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TIL Volkswagen was created on the direct orders of Adolf Hitler

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dNXr TIL that during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had two missiles pointed at an area they thought was the entrance to a secret bunker, since many high-ranked officials went there. It turns out that the area was a hot dog stand.
BrR8k TIL Elvis was a huge Monty Python fan. He would watch Python all night . He would learn and recite them. Took the tapes on his plane. He would call people Squire from the "Nudge Nudge" sketch.
Pr8G TIL for a Make A Wish request, Journey visited a boy suffering from cystic fibrosis. They let him be the first person outside of the band hear the song, Only the Young. The next day the boy died.
OoWKR TIL that in 10AD the city of Rome likely had a population density upwards of 45,000 citizens/sq. km, greater than that of Manila today (41,515 c./km^2)
JOPV TIL in the 1930s a Major General of the US Marine Corps, and two-time Medal of Honor recipient wrote a book titled “War is a Racket” arguing that the US govt. and military resources were primarily used to further the interests of big Corporations profiteering from wars.