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TIL that during World War 2, the British captured Germans and put them in a bugged mansion where they served them wine and food and thus they were able to gather important intelligence from casual conversations between the ‘prisoners’ that helped them greatly win the war

OoMre TIL that serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells killed a boy whose own mother was found guilty of the murder. Authorities refused to believe it was the work of a serial killer until 2 years later at a retrial. The prosecutor, not wanting to be in the wrong, still claims that the mother did it.
dQBZ TIL the Top Gun producers originally slated Toto to perform “Danger Zone”, but they couldn’t due to legal conflicts. Bryan Adams refused because he felt the movie glorified war. REO Speedwagon wouldn’t unless they could write other songs for the soundtrack. Finally they settled on Kenny Loggins.
9YZR6 TIL the US sent 15-year MLB veteran Moe Berg to a 1944 lecture given by Werner Heisenberg (of uncertainty principle fame) with orders to shoot Heisenberg if his lecture indicated that the Germans were close to completing an atomic bomb.
kYld TIL There is an edible tree with 7x more vitamin C than Oranges, 4x more Calcium than milk, 3x more Potassium than bananas, 4x the Vitamin A of Carrots and 2x the Protein of yogurt. And it can also be used to effectively purify water (more info in comments)
Wk4DL Til: The "X" in Xbox game console refers to relying on the directx api and was choosen by the directx team at microsoft