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TIL some deep sea sea cucumbers can slough off their bioluminscent skin upon contact, thus turning their predators into targets

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XEp1Q TIL After WW2, most countries did not acknowledge the treatement of homosexuals in concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Some men were even re-arrested and imprisoned based on evidence found during the Nazi years. The German government finally apologised in 2002.
0dbRy TIL that a Persian King named Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ordered two servants to be executed for being too loud. But since it was a holy day, he delayed the execution by a day and made the servants return to their duties. The servants murdered the king in his sleep that night.
7MLP TIL That not just one, but two wars were started because someone threw someone out of a window in Prague.
EADX TIL that Hitler disguised English-speaking soldiers as Allied troops and used them to cut telephone wires, change road signs, and cause general confusion. They were trained in American general knowledge, such as who Mickey Mouse’s girlfriend was, and what the capitals of states were.
MDam TIL that the Cliffs Notes for ‘The Scarlet Letter’ outnumbers sales of the actual book 3.6 to 1.