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TIL Nikola Tesla, who frequently had his ideas stolen, when asked about it said: “I don’t care that they stole my ideas… I care that they don’t have any of their own.”

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DQALg TIL that Iceland, despite being neutral, was invaded by the British in WWII.. which eventually led to their independence.
rRDjw TIL: Amon Göth, who Headed the Kraków Concentration Camp, was so Brutal in his Treatment with Jewish Prisoners, that he was Trialed and Charged by the SS, and Relieved of his Position
4XLQw TIL that a single dynasty has occupied the position of Emperor of Japan continually for over two thousand years, so long that the first 28 emperors are likely legendary.
loZlN TIL that the National animal of the Czech Republic is a double tailed Lion
negA7 TIL there are sea angels in the Arctic Ocean. From 2017, so this is old news, but they're beautiful and majestic. Naked mollusks that feed on sea butterflies.