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TIL that the Sonderkommando in Auschwitz revolted by throwing three SS personnel into the crematorium furnace alive.

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ADQAw TIL that Elton John's 1970 breakout hit "Your Song" was written by Elton and originally recorded by the band Three Dog Night, but they did not release it as a single as they wanted to let John, then an upcoming artist, have a go with it.
negrG TIL Australia constructed a 2,023 miles (3,256 km) series of 3 fences between 1901 and 1907 designed to keep rabbits out of Western Australia.
ADvX7 TIL in the first test of ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, the connection crashed after the first two of five characters were transmitted
WdA TIL That there is a Pranking device That generates specific combination of sound waves calculated to make a person physically ill.
kQe4 TIL Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Casino was heavily damaged by a bomb in an extortion attempt in 1980. The bomb was designed and built by a millionaire businessman is the most complex improvised explosive device ever created, according to the FBI.