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TIL Hitler was a vegetarian and against any form of animal cruelty. During movies in which animal cruelty was portrayed, he would cover his eyes and look away until someone said the scene was over.

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P1x5J TIL that the grave of Harry Potter, a British soldier killed in a 1930s Palestinian revolt, has become a tourist attraction for simply sharing a name with the main character of JK Rowlings' series
xPnD TIL in 1967 Israel attacked U.S.S. Liberty as an attempt to create a false flag attack and spur a war against Iran, the only reason a war didn’t happen is because a soviet spy plane flew over head and took pictures of the incident.
0QdM TIL Nazi German authorities kidnapped and indoctrinated hundreds of thousands of European children who they considered to have Germanic appereance. Nazi authorities used their Germanic physical appearence to prove the Germanic roots of the children.
pnVA TIL 1.7-3.3%of fathers are unknowingly raising children that aren’t their own
98M TIL Yale researchers have stated that ketamine - a “party drug” often found at raves - is a “magic drug” for treating severe depression. Unlike other antidepressants, its effects take hold within hours rather than weeks.