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TIL Hitler's naval chief Erich Raeder sent an officer to follow the former Minister of War (Werner von Blomberg) around on his honeymoon in Italy and 'persistently' try to convince Von Blomberg to commit suicide.

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YG4r TIL that during the Cannes Film Festival screening of the disturbing French film Irréversible, over 200 audience members walked out in disgust, and several reportedly required medical attention; those that stayed gave the film a 5-minute standing ovation.
Rr0w TIL that the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommends US travelers to Iceland to get vaccines for rabies because they might be bitten by bats. There are only 20 documented cases of bat sightings in Iceland - ever.
neeyW TIL a Potter's field is a place where unclaimed bodies are buried. The Potter's field for New York is Hart Island in the Bronx and it is home to over one million bodies.
WkGQY TIL that during World War 2, over 120 000 Japanese Americans were held in concentration camps around America, most without any reason except their race. It wasn't publicly acknowledged as a human rights violation by the US government until four decades later.
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