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TIL: The first death in WWII was Franciszek Honiok, a German of Polish descent. The Gestapo murdered him and left his body at a radio station that the Gestapo, dressed in Polish uniforms, attacked. The body helped "prove" Polish aggression to justify the Nazi's invasion of Poland the next day.

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0wE0A TIL Sindberg is virtually unknown in his home country of Denmark but considered a folk hero in China where he is estimated to have saved 20.000 during the Nanjing massacre. Armed only with the Danish flag he held off the Japanese from entering the makeshift shelter he set up in a cement factory.
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