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TIL Kanye West’s hook, ‘No one man should have that much power’, quotes a police officers response to a pivotal Harlem protest that Malcolm X organized

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P1A0L TIL The 10 countries with the lowest GDP (PPP) per capita in Europe are the 10 post-communist countries.
9w5jG TIL the Nuremberg Trials executioner lied to the US Military about his prior experience. He botched a number of hangings prior to Nuremberg. The Nuremberg criminals had their faces battered bloody against the too-small trapdoor and were hung from short ropes, with many taking over 10 minutes to die.
m1K9o TIL about Ernst Leitz II, the CEO of Leica that helped to smuggle Jews out of Germany by "assigning" them to overseas sales offices, even if they weren't actually company employees. They were then given a free camera, helped to find jobs, and were paid a stipend until they could find work.
X05Vj TIL: Antilia is one of the most expensive private residences in the world, costing over $1 billion. The billionaire had his entire family live in the 27 story home which requires 600 servants and has 168 car garage, 9 elevators, a theatre, pool, ballroom, and snow room. It was built on an orphanage.
M1EA TIL that Victorian market sellers used back slang (reversing the letters in words) in order to talk behind customers’ backs, giving birth to words such as ‘yob.’