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TIL that in Auschwitz, the SS forced an orchestra to play for Jews that had been selected for gassing. The musicians also had among the highest suicide rates of anyone in the camp.

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MeyG0 TIL that the word "guys" actually originated from Guy Fawkes' name, and was used earlier to refer to men of the lowest and depraved kind.
gMYWy TIL King Henry VIII of England was a gifted musician and composer. He could sing and play many instruments and was considered highly skilled in his time. Many of his compositions survive and some are still played in classical concerts, especially his most popular piece, "Pastime with Good Company."
k4p5 TIL of Anthony Poshepny, an American CIA agent sent to Communist countries to train anti-Commie rebels. He would hurl severed heads from a plane to terrify Communist forces, and rewarded rebels for cutting off human ears
pAme TIL that scotch tape, when peeled in vacuum, produces enough x-rays to image a persons finger.
4X6gN TIL of Wisdom—the world’s oldest albatross who reunited with the man who first tagged her in 1956. Having spent 40 years apart, Chandler Robbins picked her up by chance among a colony of more than 250,000 nests and discovered she’d also become the oldest albatross to ever give birth to a chick.