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TIL: Hitler and the Nazis were big on environmentalism. The Nazis were the first European nation to establish nature reserves and order the protection of wildlife and passed numerous animal rights law. At times the soldiers were order to plant trees on the battlefield.

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xVXD5 TIL that Frank Sinatra's acceptance speech for a Legend Award at the 1994 Grammys was cut short due to commercial breaks. In response, Billy Joel stopped halfway through his performance of 'The River of Dreams' later on, simply looking at his watch and saying 'valuable advertising time going by...'
dDKn7 TIL Albert Dekker was found dead kneeling naked in a bathtub, blindfolded, handcuffed with a ballgag in his mouth, a noose around his neck, lipstick drawings all over his body and needles on both his arms, money and items missing from his apartment. Police initialy ruled it a suicide
gMZBb TIL in the "Why did the chicken cross the road?" joke, the original punchline came from the double-meaning in the phrase the 'other side'. The other side could refer to the other side of the road, and it also could refer to the afterlife. The joke later became thought of and used as an anti-joke.
yN6J TIL George Jones drove a riding lawnmower 8 miles to buy liquor.
4Xgrw TIL about Cemetary Guns and Coffin Torpedoes. Flintlock devices placed inside coffins or rigged with trip wires on top of fresh graves in cemetaries in order to deter bodysnatchers from stealing fresh corpses for financial gain.