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TIL That the precursor to the CIA published a field manual for regular people in Occupied Europe to resist the Nazis at their regular jobs

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M7VO7 TIL "The Humpty Dance" by The Digital Underground is one of the most sampled songs recorded by a hip hop/rap artist, boasting over 100 usages in other songs.
r6Jw TIL Alcatraz was the only federal prison at the time to offer hot-water showers for its inmates. The prison staff reasoned that prisoners acclimated to hot water would not be able to withstand the freezing waters of the San Francisco bay during an escape attempt.
b6oXp TIL the original signed manuscripts of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto were nearly lost in WWII when being transported for safekeeping to Prussia by train in the care of a librarian. The train came under aerial bombardment and the librarian escaped to a nearby forest with the scores hidden in his coat.
wj0J TIL That although Females are more likely to attempt suicide than males, Males are four times as likely to die from suicide.
1ox7 TIL 1994 American-born Israeli Baruch Goldstein, opened fire on unarmed Palestinian Muslims praying inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, killing 29,wounding 125. Up until then Hamas had refused to attack civilian targets inside Israel, and the change in Hamas’ policy was a result of Goldstein’s massacre