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

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mgQM TIL dolphins will purposeful dose themselves with a potentially deadly neurotoxin by agitating pufferfish. When taken in small amounts, the toxin has a narcotic effect on the dolphins.
oRxZK TIL that in the 1990's, Los Angeles was the bank robbery capital of America. After droves of "Baby Bandits" started robbing hundreds of banks, employees began to quit en masse. In 1992, losses related to robberies exceeded those from fraud for the first time.
4XAJo TIL Under France’s stringent privacy laws, parents can face penalties as severe as a year in prison and fines up to of €45,000 (£35,000) if convicted of publicizing intimate details of the private lives of their children without their consent.
78V4X TIL Orca whales...are actually dolphins.
oRRx8 TIL that the tallest building in Yukon, Canada is only 20 meters tall. Whitehorse, the largest city in Yukon, originally had a law that buildings could not exceed 20 meters, and no building has yet surpassed it.