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TIL That in 1941, Rudolf Hess, the "Deputy Fuhrer" of Nazi Germany, seemingly without Hitler's knowledge, flew to Scotland in a deranged plan to meet a Scottish baron he knew, and through him meet with Churchill to persuade him to stop the war. He was found by a farmer and immediately imprisoned.

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EgEL0 TIL: In 1666, the plague-infested village of Eyam quarantined itself inside a marked circle for 14 months. Neighboring communities left food at the edge of the circle in exchange for disinfected coins. 80% of the people died, but no one crossed the circle.
J0vm TIL the Resistance in Amsterdam attacked the population register, which identified religilous belief, with a fire bomb in 1943 to stop the Nazis using it for their extermination program. Fire fighters took as much time as possible to arrive and drowned unburnt parts in water, destroying even more.
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