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Til that Hitler had once argued that German soldiers could do whatever they wanted to the Russian POWs for they were sub-human and the Geneva convention shall never apply to them

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bxQ7 TIL polarized glasses can make water appear more transparent and are commonly used by fishermen
NXxY8 TIL That Loch Morar in Scotland is 310 M deep. You could put The Shard into it, and it's deeper than most of the N Sea. Also you could put the Golden Gate Bridge into Loch Ness (230m deep)
5YNQk TIL BORTAC is the tactical unit of the United States Border Patrol and is equivalent to SWAT. Members have operated in 28 countries around the world. They've been used as event security for the Super Bowl and to assist in quelling civil unrest in the United States
eYWJ TIL that Volkswagen won an Ig Nobel prize for “ for solving the problem of excessive automobile pollution emissions by automatically, electromechanically producing fewer emissions whenever the cars are being tested.”
xVMa0 Today I Learned that Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album took 17 Years to become certified Platinum.