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TIL that on the eve of the Nazi invasion of Russia, a German soldier deserted to the Soviets and told them they were going to be invaded the next day. His fate? Execution by Stalin for spreading misinformation.

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mxGBy TIL there's a genre of music called Breakcore that utilizes traditional elements of hardcore, breakbeat, and drum n bass but at insane tempos and in non-traditional song structures and time signatures usually through manipulating samples. Venetian Snares is an example of one such artist.
Mey4b TIL that celebrities have to pay $30k for their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They must sign a form stating that they want a star and that they will attend the unveiling of it. Celebrities Julia Roberts, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, and Al Pacino still don't have a star.
PYEJO TIL LL Cool J was asked to be in a Gap commercial, but was mad at how they treated him on the phone when they asked. He starred in the commercial wearing a FUBU hat and rapping “For Us By Us” in the ad, giving FUBU over 30 million dollars in free advertising and propelling FUBU to a global brand.
wLya8 TIL that while Issac Newton was essentially quarantined at his home when Cambridge was closed in 1665 due to the Plague, he discovered the groundwork for his theories of calculus and the laws of motion.
69m68 TIL That in 2015 a Supernova was identified that was 570 BILLION times brighter than the sun and 20 times brighter than the whole Milky Way.