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TIL that in 1939 Hitler’s nephew wrote an article called “Why I Hate My Uncle”

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e0jrD TIL the Pony express was in operation for only 18 months between April 1860 and October 1861.
mxvAv TIL mob informant Henry Hill - subject of the movie "Goodfellas" - on the first day of his new identity in Witness Protection, took his family to dinner at a Godfather's Pizza franchise as a joke.
wLZM7 TIL that during World War 1, the Germans disguised one of their ships as a British ship, the RMS Carmania, and sent it out to ambush British vessels. In a hilariously bad stroke of luck, the first ship it encountered was the real RMS Carmania, which promptly sank them.
aKjb TIL that in 1988, Iran began a country-wide purge of political prisoners. People were beaten for missing daily prayers. One woman died after 22 days and 550 lashes, and the authorities certified her death as suicide because it was ‘she who had made the decision not to pray’.
l7Yl1 TIL Sea kelp, the largest species of seaweed, reproduces with sperm and an egg.