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TIL of Johann Elser, a German carpenter who almost killed Adolf Hitler and most of the top Nazi leaders shortly before the outbreak of WWII. He worked alone to construct and plant a bomb that went off just 13 minutes too late. He was a Christian motivated by a sense that millions would soon die.

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wLBmo TIL in pre-20th century European culture, red hair was commonly identified as the distinguishing negative Jewish trait. During the Spanish Inquisition, all those with red hair were identified as Jewish; and writers from Shakespeare to Dickens would identify Jewish characters by giving them red hair
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