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Today I Learned that Hitler forced the French to surrender in WW2 in the same carriage the Germans Surrendered in, in WW1.

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7BrL TIL that a suitcase-sized EMP device is available for purchase for peaceful, commercial uses but requires no license to operate.
69K6W TIL Ferdinand Schörner was the last man promoted to Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht and Hitler’s final Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.
e0Dn5 TIL John Babbacombe Lee was imprisoned (with weak evidence) for the murder of his employer in 1884 and was set to hang on February 21st, 1885. Though being carefully tested, the trapdoor of the gallows malfunctioned three times, resulting in John's freedom due to, "suspected divine intervention."
KOPEB TIL that OJ Simpson had a prank TV show called 'Juiced'. In one episode he tries to sell his white Bronco saying to the prospective buyer that if they "ever get into some trouble and have to get away, it has escapability."
EeQ0 TIL Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine is a huge Trekkie and has actually appeared in Star Trek twice.