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TIL USA recruited 1600 Nazi scientists and created false employment histories and expunged Nazi Party memberships and regime affiliations from the public record

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P194L TIL a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers drank a lot of whiskey and wanted a turn flying the Canadian plane he was aboard. He argued with the pilot and a fight happened. He died from being hit over the head with a fire extinguisher
XEvdD TIL that radioacive carbon-14, residue left from nuclear detonations in the 50s and 60s has been detected in deep-ocean creatures
N7oAE TIL in the 60's Capel Celyn, Wales was flooded to provide drinking water to Liverpool forcing the inhabitants to leave. After the flooding the English MPs had a tea party on location which was quickly destroyed by the furious villagers. This launched a Nationalist movement which continues to grow.
ADZww TIL About the worst season in television history. For the '83/'84 season not a single show made it to the next season.