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TIL that at the Nuremburg trials, several Nazi leaders achieved genius-level scores on an IQ test

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me0p TIL that in 2011 a man hid in a tank of raw sewage at a yoga festival to watch women going to the bathroom. When someone spotted him he fled, covered in feces.
KxYw TIL When asked why nerve gas was not used in Normandy, Hermann Göring said the Nazis were dependent upon horse-drawn transport to move supplies to their combat units, and had never been able to devise a gas mask that horses could tolerate
d8gLB TIL There’s a Japanese Western Movie With a Mexican Theme, Filmed in Mexico
RQ18 TIL, in 1979, a small town in Australia fined the United States $400 for littering after debris from NASA’s Skylab space station landed in the town. The fine was paid in 2009.
BgNXe TIL the Giro d'Italia used to award the Black Jersey to the rider in last overall place. This move spurred fierce competition among riders determined to be last across the finish line. Tactics included hiding in bars, behind hedges, in farm buildings, and even puncturing their own tires