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TIL of people of Jewish decent that served in the German Army in WW2. They ranged from Generals who were declared to be Aryans, waffen SS soldiers who hid the fact knowing their fellow soldiers would probably kill them to ordinary soldiers basically hiding from being sent to concentration camps.

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VM1DQ TIL of Stingy Jack. He was banned from Heaven and Hell when he died. Forced to walk the Earth in darkness, the Devil gave him an ember from Hell. Jack carved a turnip and out the ember inside to light his way. They called him Jack of the Lantern, or Jack-O-Lantern.
OopNL TIL the last dogfight between piston-engined fighters occurred in 1969 between F4U Corsairs and P-51 Mustangs during the ... Football/Soccer War between Honduras and El Salvador. One Corsair scored a hat trick.
eJWg TIL Nikola Tesla created the first logic gate in 1898 when he created the first remote controlled vehicle, over 50 years before Walther Bothe won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He reportedly told onlookers multiple times it was simple science beforehand so that they would not think it witchcraft.
1awyV TIL - When Coca Cola Launched Dasani Water In The UK Their Slogan Was ‘Bottled Spunk’ & 'Can’t Live Without Spunk’; Oblivious That In The UK Spunks Means Semen.
W7eXY TIL male dolphins will kill baby dolphins of another father so that the female will be available to mate with them.