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TIL The reason the Allies knew about atrocities at Auschwitz was Polish captain Witold Pilecki, who let himself be captured, prepared inmates to uprise, distributed extra food, and built a secret radio transmitter. Pilecki was unknown until 1989, but was given Poland’s highest decoration in 2006.

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Mem0a TIL Michel Lotito, aka Monsieur Mangetout, was a French artist who was specialized in eating non-edible things like iron or rubber. The biggest thing he ate was a plane, which took him 2 years.
grDl8 TIL That the new president of Romania Nicusor Dan was rank #1 in the 1988 International Math Olympiad, beating out Terence Tao (rank 13, only 13 years of age)
16a5D TIL about a Chinese cooking method called 'Velveting', which is a cornstarch and egg mixture that you soak meats in for a few hours prior to cooking. This provides more thermal mass which cooks the meat slower and creates a moisture barrier that seals in the juices for exceptionally tender meat.
wLdr7 TIL When a Louisana woman was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend, she was rescued by her family. When his involvement became known, they went to his house ahead of the police. They kicked the front door down and shot him 3 times, killing him. They’d walked in on him stabbing her. None were charged.
5YWlR TIL had it not been for the Norman Conquest of 1066, the English we speak today would have been much different and more restrictive. The merging of Old English and Norman French led to Modern English being sort of hybrid of the two, giving another shade of meaning to words such as "swine" vs "pork".