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TIL there is an unofficial ban Richard Wagner’s operas in Israel, due to its connection to Adolf Hitler and Wagner’s own anti-Semitic writings.

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N75lP TIL that Shiro Ishii, a Japanese general who oversaw Unit 731 and thousands of horrific war crimes during WWII, was given immunity in exchange for human experimentation data. He also may have gone on to do bio-weapons research at Fort Detrick located in Frederick, Maryland.
R5KX9 TIL Gene Roddenberry's only appearance in Star Trek was as a ship's chef who told Captain Kirk that the turkey-shaped meatloaf in the galley ovens had turned into real turkeys.
Y7kwZ TIL in 1906, an irrigation company rerouted the Rio Grande, pushing the US town Rio Rico south of the river, causing it to be mistaken as Mexican. In 1972, the United States learned the land was US soil and officially ceded it to Mexico, allowing the local-born residents American citizenship.
MV0m TIL Mr. Rogers heard that a limo driver was going to be stuck outside in the limo for 2 hours, so he invited him into the house. Then he sat up front with the limo driver and talked to him on the way back.
xj4o TIL Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, a Great Depression-era gangster and notorious bank robber, endeared himself to the public by destroying mortgage papers at the banks he robbed, freeing many from their debts.