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TIL that above the gates of the Buchenwald concentration camp were the words “Everyone gets what they deserve”. After the war the camp became a prison site for Nazis, and the words were not removed.

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LkLpZ TIL Only two ships have been sunk by submarines since WW2: the INS Khukri by the PNS Hangor during the Indo-Pakistani War and the ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror during the Falkland Islands war.
p8aye TIL that cigarette filters change color not because they are trapping part of the cigarette smoke, but because they are designed to change color to lead consumers to think that they are trapping part of the smoke
YpWjv TIL Mecca has a metro line with a capacity of 24 trains and 72,000 passengers per hour that is only used for one week a year to transport pilgrims between the holy sites of Mecca during the Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage holiday.
avQ9 TIL– Free internet education:The ultimate list of educational websites.
5grp TIL that the last words of famed cartoon voice-man Mel Blanc to his son were “I love you”, in the voice of Yosemite Sam; the final words he spoke before he died was “That’s all folks” in the voice of Porky Pig, which is also carved on his tombstone.