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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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jNyvQ TIL that Steven E Jones, a Stanford University professor, published a paper which suggested active thermite was detected in 9/11 debris from the World Trade Center in "explosive quantities".
BrPxW TIL that Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in the southerns states, then returned again and again to rescue 70 more enslaved people. Then later, after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, she helped guide fugitives farther north into Canada. During the American Civil War she helped the Union Army.
rNRrd TIL that Bermuda was officially settled in 1609 by the Virginia Company, which had also settled in Jamestown, Virginia. At it's settlement, Bermuda was originally recognized as an extension of Virginia.
D1Q1J TIL the terms 'well-rounded', 'high-brow', 'low-brow' and 'shrink' actually come from phrenology and scientific racism.
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