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oYKW TIL that the Leica Camera company smuggled hundreds of Jews out of Nazi Germany before the Holocaust, masquerading the Jews as employees being assigned overseas. The company helped each refugee find a job, gave each of them a Leica camera, and a monthly stipend till they found work.
6ErAZ TIL when in 1962 a poll was done to find the best Merseyside band, The Beatles became #1 after most-voted band, Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, had 40 votes declared void for having the same handwriting & sender area. However, the pollsters didn't notice The Beatles also had multiple fraudulent votes.
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