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TIL that during a revolt at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, a member of the SS was stabbed, then burned alive in a crematorium oven

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JYn1l TIL the lead singer of "Gonna Make You Sweat" by C&C Music Factory was not credited because the producers thought her weight made her unmarketable. The singer, Martha Wash, sued and helped enact federal legislation to require listing of all vocal artists on albums.
VBBBG TIL that Harambe’s mother, only full brother, and two of his half siblings were killed when a tub of wet chlorine tablets was left by a space heater. The toxic fumes were blown into the gorilla enclosure and killed the four gorillas.
yQVRl TIL During Argentina’s 1976-83 dictatorship sedated political prisoners were thrown – still alive – from military planes into the freezing waters of the South Atlantic.
DQElg TIL that when French forces led by King Francis I attacked Arles in southern France in 1536, the word "grenade" was first used. Firepots, kegs, jars, and glass globes were used to make the first grenades. The Germans quickly began using two grenade variants (stick and egg).
XEK9X TIL about the existence of razor kite string, and it has been banned in India after three separate deaths during Independence Day celebrations 2016