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TIL that Jews were fined the equivalent of $7 billion for the events of Kristallnacht, and billed an additional $25M to repair the windows.

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yrVl TIL In Iceland in the 70s a woman became convinced she’d subconsciously witnessed a murder, this led to six people being wrongly arrested and all confessing despite remembering nothing
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