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TIL That in 2015 93 year-old Oskar Groning was found guilty of 300,000 counts of accessory to murder for his involvement in Auschwitz and sentenced to 4 years of prison.

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kJPDm TIL that flags fly at half-mast or half-staff to make room for an invisible flag of death to be flown above it.
ne6KB TIL collecting toad sperm is easy; many release it in urine. Scoop 'em up and they urinate/ejaculate in fear. But what if they don't? According to Diane Barber of Fort Worth Zoo: "It's kind of weird, but if you hold them in your hand and look at them and bark at them like a dog, then they will pee".
8ALL TIL If you go 6 weeks without shampooing, your hair begins to cleanse itself
69eGW TIL In 2013 A meteor exploded in the atmosphere above Chelyabinsk Russia, that produced 26 to 33 times as much energy as the atomic bomb detonated at Hiroshima
4kAlw TIL Out of 7 recorded incidents of "talk-down landings" - when the pilot becomes incapacitated and the plane is landed by a passenger with assistance over the radio - All were successful, with no injuries on landing