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TIL that Steve Jobs and Shirley Temple are buried in unmarked graves in a Palo Alto cemetery.

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pBYQ TIL that in 1939 US and Canada refused to accept 937 Jews who were the last to escape Nazi Germany and despite desperate attempts of (non Jewish) german captain to secure safety for his passengers they were forced to return to Europe. Many of them later died in concentration camps.
GY8Jj TIL seven journalists were the pallbearers for Lee Harvey Oswald because no mourners were on hand except for his immediate family.
W7ea4 TIL that in English-speaking countries and Europe it's professional for cab passengers to sit in the back seat, while in many Latin American countries, it's more professional to sit in the front seat, with the added benefit of making the ride look like a friendly favor, reducing the risk of robbery
m1aGO TIL that the son of the PM of the Japanese puppet of Manchukuo was feeding information to the Red Army of Japanese activity. When the Soviets invaded Manchuria and his father and the ministers were planning to escape, he informed the Red Army of the fact and they arrested the cabinet.
xV1R5 TIL Mexico has a single gun store for the entire country on a military base where it’s clerks are soldiers.