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TIL Forgotten Nazi camp on British soil revealed by archaeologists

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ArBg TIL Baboons can distinguish real words from non-words based upon the arrangement of letters
nWX5b TIL that boxer Max Schmeling who was branded a pawn of The Third Reich for defeating Joe Louis, actually sheltered Jewish children during Kristallnacht.
6AwY TIL in 2011 Texas abolished last-meal requests after condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer requested a large meal and didn’t eat any of it. His order included two chicken steaks, a triple- cheeseburger, a bowl of fried okra, a pound of barbecued meat, three fajitas, and a meat-lover’s pizza.
98er TIL Neil Young is developing a new audio format called Pono, which “aims are to confront the compressed audio inferiority that MP3s offer”, “to present songs as they first sound during studio recording sessions”
BrMPy TIL That the first Christmas party held at the US Embassy in the USSR featured three performing seals, who came into the room balancing a Christmas tree, a tray of glasses, and a bottle of champagne. Afterward, the seal's trainer (quite drunk), passed out, and the seals galloped freely in the house.