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TIL a Polish soldier in WWII allowed himself to be captured by German soldiers so he could secretly report on conditions in Auschwitz

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RDb1 TIL study shows that the more people use Facebook, the worse their moods get.
7wMp TIL 20th century gangster and notorious bank robber Charles Floyd was, despite his life of crime, widely loved by the general public. This was because Charles himself was a victim of the Great Depression and would destroy mortgage papers at the banks he robbed to free others from their debts.
0dyDL TIL the Birmingham Six, wrongfully convicted for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, had their convictions quashed in 1991 and were awarded millions in compensation.
E1Z9w TIL a woman on the Oregon Trail went insane and decided to not travel further, her family continued the trail but eventually her husband sent their son back to get her, she then bashed her sons head with a rock and burned down one of the wagons
9Y9rp TIL about the similarities between Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. Both put out three studio albums in four years that changed the trajectory of pop music, were left-handed guitarists, and died at the age of 27.