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TIL 3 Jewish Prisoners escaped Auschwitz in a stolen car while dressed as S.S guards

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mxoWY TIL that a service Belgian Malinois was suspected of mauling a Pomeranian to death and ordered euthanized but was freed after DNA testing proved he was not the perpetrator
yVvXl TIL of the 1840 book, "Two Years Before the Mast". Written as a memoir documenting a sailing voyage from Boston to California, it not only influenced how sailors were seen and treated, as well as being a prospector's guide to California, but also influenced Herman Melville's writings as well.
QRp6 TIL that in the ancient Chinese game of Go, putting someone in check is called “Atari”
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OoV51 TIL In 1924 George Mallory may have been the first person to reach the summit of Everest. He was last seen 800ft from summit but never returned. He carried a picture of his wife with him that he said he would leave at the summit which he did not have when his body was found 75 years later.