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TIL Hitler was arrested for High Treason in 1924, of which the punishment is usually execution. The judge granted him clemency however, believing Hitler had good intentions.

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5VJ98 TIL: The Nazis never bothered to repeal Germany's Weimar Constitution, which strongly protected personal liberty. Instead, Hitler legally invoked an "emergency" that allowed the government to take any measure it wished to "protect public safety," rendering the constitution effectively powerless.
GYkN4 TIL the rarest credit card in the world, the American Express Centurion card, is invitation only, has a $5k initiation fee, a $2.5k annual fee, no credit limit, and is made of titanium.
QNv6 TIL that a new laser will be powerful enough to rip apart space itself
v7ex TIL At any time, it is estimated that there are some 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive.
KOOwB TIL After Rapper Tupac Shakur's Was Cremated, Some Of His Ashes Were Purportedly Mixed With Marijuana And Smoked By His Rap Group 'Outlawz'