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TIL that Nazi Officer Klaus Barbie, tortured prisoners during WW2, fled to the USA where he worked as a CIC Agent, emigrated to Bolivia where he made business with Pablo Escobar, helped capturing Che Guevara, was recruited by the BND (German Intelligence) and finally sentenced for life by France.

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W7Gl8 TIL about the Republic of Winston, a county that, during the American Civil War, attempted to secede from the state of Alabama. Their thinking was, " if a state could secede from the Union, then a county could secede from the state."
bdKQ TIL that a man in India set a world record in 1986 by spending 72 hours in a cage with 72 of the most venomous snake species in India; to spread awareness and to prove that snakes don’t bite unless provoked. He came out of the cage, unharmed without a single bite.
1aaA8 TIL: In the state of Maryland, one is required to declare a "belief in the existence of God" in order to serve any public/elected office of profit or trust. (Article 37 of the state constitution)
e0wbJ TIL there's a stone age tribe of people untouched by civilization who kill you with arrows if you come near their island
B9Br TIL in the originally filmed ending of “I Am Legend,” Will Smith realizes he is the “monster” and the zombies have only been protecting themselves from him. The studio insisted on a replacement “happy ending”, which implies the discovery of a “cure” and nothing of the zombies’ humanity.