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TIL Siri was initially a standalone AI app that Apple acquired in 2011

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OX8Y TIL that during WW2 Nazi Germany had a hospital/concentration camp in village Krasny Bereg where they drained all blood from thousands of soviet children (obviously, killing them in the process) to transfuse it to wounded soldiers of the Wehrmacht
nelP TIL that Apocalypse Now has the most “mistakes” of any movie, with a total of 395 visible errors.
6JMw TIL a German U-boat mysteriously disappeared in 1945 and the sole survivor of its crew, who missed the voyage due to illness, found out about the fate of his shipmates in 1999 by watching a NOVA episode about the submarine
e0l8J TIL Dogs look at owners while they poop because they know they are vulnerable and want you to warn/protect them if there is trouble!
j6XQj TIL a pilot "pushed" a fellow aviators plane out of hostile airspace during the Vietnam war so they could safely eject over friendly skies and be rescued.