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TIL that Hitler and Göring already had lists of communists to be arrested long before the 1933 Reichstag fire.

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rAA4 TIL there was an astronomically unlucky astronomer: His first expedition to India to study the Transit of Venus was thwarted by clouds and war; his second 8 years later by the only cloudy day in months. Upon returning he found that he was legally dead, his wife remarried, and his estate was pilfered
aZvb TIL that by international agreement, topographic features on the planet Venus are named after goddesses and notable women
GjD5 TIL of Mark Felt; the Watergate scandal whistleblower known as “Deep Throat.” As deputy director, he was the second highest ranking official in the entire FBI at the time he was leaking critical information which led to the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.
J1nEk TIL that actress Dame Margaret Rutherford's father killed his father by bludgeoning him to death with a chamberpot and was sent to a criminal lunatic asylum afterwards
YWnW TIL that the word ‘Third World’ has little to do with how poor a country is. Sweden and Finland are also considered to be Third World countries.