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TIL Stephen King considers 'Dolores Umbridge' from Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix the "Greatest made up villain since Hannibal Lecter."

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AaDn TIL North Korea is the only nation to currently have a US Navy ship captured.
Q7Md TIL the first German woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry married Fritz Haber, and killed herself due to his work on chemical weapons during WWI. The day after her death, Haber led the first gas attack on the Russians.
E1GLd TIL Planned and perceived obsolescence contributes to herd mentality and apathy in efficient use, recycling and reuse of resources.
6OY TIL of the Edelweißpiraten. They engaged in hiking and camping trips, offered German adolescents an opportunity for sexual experimentation with the opposite sex and were antagonistic to the Hitler Youth.
6NnZ TIL Emperor Constantine did not make the Roman Empire Christian. He only made it tolerate Christianity. He supported both Christianity AND Paganism.