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TIL Germany only finished paying off the reparations imposed after WWI on October 3, 2010.

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OMJ4 TIL a POW named Charlie Cavendish told Swiss inspectors of the awful conditions that they were living in. He knew that the SS would kill him for doing so, but continued anyway to save his fellow men, which he did. Cavendish was missing at roll call the next day and was never seen again.
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