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TIL Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun, showed no interest in politics, except in one notable episode. Learning that women's cosmetics and luxuries were to be banned owing to Germany's total war, she came to Hitler in 'high indignation,' leading to a halt in production without an outright ban.

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rR51x TIL In December 1969, a Korean Air Lines plane was hijacked by a North Korean agent soon after taking off from Gangneung.The pilot was forced to fly to and land in North Korea. The crew, aircraft, and seven of the passengers have yet to be returned.
LaOp TIL a nurse named Sandra Clarke had to leave a terminally ill patient alone when asked to stay. When she returned, the patient had passed away from multi-organ-failure. No One Dies Alone was then created, a charity where volunteers sit with terminally ill lonely patients. it’s now international.
GYDR7 TIL Bunker fuel is the generic term given to any fuel poured into a ship’s bunkers to power its engines. Deep sea cargo ships typically burn the heavy, residual oil left over after gasoline, diesel and other light hydrocarbons are extracted from crude oil during the refining process. It's very toxic
N7OAE Today I learned that Grover Cleveland became the first sitting president to get married. He married a woman 27 years younger than him, Frances Folsom, whom he had literally known since her birth. After Folsom's father died when she was 11, Cleveland became her legal guardian.
lYGV TIL that Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers was not only Nihilist # 2 in The Big Lebowski, he was also Marty McFly’s rival Needles in Back to the Future Part II and III.