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TIL during WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.

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LQoZp TIL that in 2011, a Massachusetts man tried to sue DreamWorks for $12 million, falsely claiming that he originally created the story behind Kung Fu Panda. After it was discovered that he was lying, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison for perjury and wire fraud.
9YB6r TIL that serial killer Randy Woodfield was actually drafted by the NFL to play for the Green Bay Packers but was cut due to a series of indecent exposure arrests. He would go on to become the I-5 Killer and is thought to have been responsible for over 40 murders along Interstate 5 from 1980-81
p8AJ4 TIL that the 1872 campaign is the only presidential election in which a major party's nominee died during the election process. Though incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant had already won by a landslide, his unsuccessful opponent, Horace Greeley, died before the result could formally be finalized.
bLyj TIL that Ozzy Osbourne has survived decades of drug and alcohol abuse because he has several genetic mutations “we’ve never seen before” that help him party hard.
oRnl8 TIL Meinhardt Raabe, who played the Coroner Munchkin in The Wizard Of Oz, was also a pilot in the Civil Air Patrol during World War 2, as well as a ground instructor.