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TIL That the younger of brother of Nazi leader Hermann Goering, Albert, helped Jews escape Germany and the camps during the war and was a vehement anti-fascist who worked with the Czech Underground

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R5L58 TIL that during the medieval period, there existed a female pope named Pope Joan. Legend has it that she disguised herself as a man and rose to the papacy in the 9th century. Her true identity was allegedly revealed when she gave birth during a procession.
nWrZP TIL that networks were created to help German Nazis to flee Europe after World War II. Josef Mengele and Adolf Eichmann made it to South America using the system. The Escape routes are called ratlines because of the way rats cling together to save themselves on a sinking ship.
KrrB TIL for $170 per person per year, a hotel mogul turned around a rough Orlando neighborhood - cutting crime in half, multiplying property values and raising the high school graduation rate from 25% to nearly 100% by offering to pay full tuition for anyone who graduated and wanted to attend college.
OkZX TIL the earliest historical record of pillow use is from about 7000 BCE in the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia.
78RnP TIL that the Semai are a people of Malaysia who consider that making someone unhappy, especially by imposing one's own wishes, is taboo, so they don't have leaders, they don't punish their children or give them orders, and they only play games without points so that nobody loses.