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TIL Til Schweiger refused to wear Nazi uniform for his role Sergent Hugo Stiglitz because he didn't want to do anything with Germany's Nazi past. He wore it only after Quentin Tarantino told him that he would be killing Nazis in the film.

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mxRvv TIL in 1996 NBA star Mahmud Abdul Rauf refused to stand for the national anthem. His career ended as a result.
kOwo4 TIL In 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 carried about 400 unauthorized postal covers to the Moon in order to be sold. Because the astronauts were paid $7000 each even though they returned the money, they were accused of profiting from their mission and never allowed to fly in space again.
xV87g TIL The Octavia was an effects pedal designed for Jimi Hendrix by his sound technician, Roger Mayer. It reproduces the input signal from a guitar one octave higher and/or lower in pitch, and mixes it with the original and added distortion fuzz. It can be heard in guitar solos on the song Purple Haze
XEvkX TIL that Simeon II, the last Tsar of Bulgaria, who reigned in the 1940s, is still alive and working. He served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.
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