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TIL Nazi soldiers burned civilians alive in the town of Oradour-sur-Glane. Charles de Gaulle ordered that the ruins are not removed, and the empty town still exists as it was in June 1944.

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9YMyX TIL that the US had a lesbian First Lady in 1885-1886. She was Rose Cleveland--Grover Cleveland's youngest sister and Acting US First Lady before Grover married in 1886. She was also a lesbian & had a relationship with a wealthy widow, Evangeline Marrs Simpson, with explicitly erotic correspondence.
8a7ea TIL three poachers broke into a reserve to hunt for rhinos and ended up being eaten by a pack of lions.
0wXBA TIL that if "Finding Nemo" was scientifically accurate, Nemo's dad would have just changed sex and mated with his son after his mom's death
m9JO TIL a farmer in Chile tried to kill a pig by shooting at it after failing to kill it with an axe, but the bullet bounced and landed on the face of one of the farmer’s employees. “The immortal pig” they call him nowadays.
JYwX8 TIL “money laundering" originated with the Italian mafia and criminals such as Al Capone, who purchased 'Laundromats' to mix their illegal profits from prostitution and bootlegged liquor sales with legitimate business sales from the 'Laundromats' to conceal their illegal profit.