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TIL about "The Third Wave", an experiment to demonstrate to high schoolers how the citizens of Germany were susceptible to Nazi fascism. It grew to over 200 students and the teacher completely lost control over the student body.

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lo055 TIL that Heracles built his own funeral pyre, but no one would set it alight so Philoctetes stepped up to light it and was rewarded with Heracles' bow, which he later used to help the Greeks win the Trojan war
A86a TIL an Irish High King Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill defeated the Vikings of Dublin after a three day siege of Dublin city, the Vikings surrendered, and the King then freed all slaves in the city
wLnmJ TIL The largest beaver dam on Earth is located in northern Alberta, is visible from space and is over 2,790 feet in length. Experts believe construction began in the 1970s, making it a multi-generational project.
Z8wkB TIL: In 2006, a man was arrested at a Chicago airport because security guards thought he said his penis pump was a bomb. He had a strong accent and was whispering 'pump' as he didn't want his mother to hear.
rRPje TIL Maserati worked hard and failed to construct a V16 town car for Benito Mussolini before Ferry Porsche of Volkswagen built one for Adolf Hitler