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TIL that when Berlins infamous Spandau Prisons last inmate, Nazi Rudolf Hess, died, the entire site was demolished, ground into powder and dumped in the sea to stop it becoming a Nazi shrine. A supermarket for British Troops was put in it's place, who nicknamed it 'Hessco's' (after Tesco's)

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PYbwE TIL Karl Schmidt, a herpetologist who was tasked with identifying a juvenile Boomslang snake, when the venomous snake bit him, instead of going to the hospital, Schmidt went home, believing the juveniles couldn’t produce a fatal bite. He recorded all his symptoms in his diary until death.
8lV TIL that an estimated 80% of the women in prison in Pakistan are behind bars because they had failed to prove rape charges and were consequently convicted of adultery
78NEL TIL the annual Minneapolis Aquatennial Festival happens every year near the end of July, a timeframe chosen by sponsoring businesses in 1940 to deliberately conflict with Teamsters' annual celebration of union victory in the violent truckers strikes of 1934-35
J0N4 TIL of Friendship Park, a shared park on the US-Mexico border that up until 2009, families were able to meet there at any time. Since then, additional layers of fence have made it impossible for any physical touch or even to see through it, and is only accessible from 10am to 2pm on weekends.
78nyO TIL that the last words of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, were, “Have I played the part well? Then applaud me as I exit.”