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TIL that there is a monument in Estonia honoring Estonians who served in the Nazi German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS

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4XyaN TIL During WWII, large corporations like Bosch and Daimler Benz, unequivocally supported goals of Hitler’s regime and its war effort in exchange for advantageous contracts, subsidies and in exchange was allowed to use slave labor from occupied countries, which accounted for one quarter of workforce
9mD6 TIL that two guys once wore hi-vis vests and got into a Coldplay concert unnoticed (among other places including a zoo)
MXxA TIL Non-lubricated condoms are distributed among the armed forces not just for safe sex, but as an emergency water canteen. A non-lubricated condom is part of the United States Military Standard Issue Parachute Pack Survival Kit (SRU-16) and can carry a liter of water
awmkZ TIL What one of TI's children's names. Ya'majesty... That is all.
awjBN TIL about Mike the Chicken. A chicken that lived for 18 months without its head. It died by getting a kernal of corn stuck in its throat.