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TIL that Heinrich Himmler had been negotiating with the Allies behind Hitler's back beginning at least as early as 1939

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rNaKo TIL that the origin of "zombies" was brought by enslaved people from Africa to Haiti, where eventually voodoo priests (also enslaved and whose jobs were to control other enslaved) would use the fear of zombification to discourage suicide.
8Zb8 TIL Scotch Tape was named that because scotch used to mean ‘cheap’ and since it wasn’t as sticky as normal tape, someone asked the inventor why he’d gone 'scotch’ on the adhesive.
wkPE TIL Bill Wilson, the well known co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, demanded whiskey in the last days of his life and became belligerent when he was denied.
D1VDV TIL about Harald Hardrada. Exiled for 15 years after losing to Cnut The Great, he was a mercenary for the Kievan Rus', joined the Varangian Guard, became King of Norway and died at Stamford Bridge, ending the Viking Age.
1NoD TIL in 2004, the 276 member studio audience of the Oprah Show were each given a Pontiac G-6 sedan. Oprah told producers to fill the crowd with people who “desperately needed” cars. On average each person was slapped with a $6000 tax bill.