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p8ZPZ TIL that various Nazis used a secret codeword to get exclusive service at a Nazi run brothel. Joseph Goebbels enjoyed “lesbian displays”, and an SS general enjoyed an all-night orgy with 20 girls. The building was tapped. Mussolini’s son in law was recorded expressing negative opinions of Hitler.
Z8ekR TIL that in 1801, a British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire may have stolen several priceless Classical Greek marble sculptures from the Parthenon and Acropolis and are currently located in the British Museuem
4XZEb TIL that ahead of the most recent papal election in 2013, bookmakers put the odds of Richard Dawkins being elected at 666-1, Bono at 1,000-1, Silvio Berlusconi at 2,500-1, and Lance Armstrong at 10,000-1
YpeLW TIL that US telecom companies are legally required to provide a backdoor to law enforcement for wiretapping
OoG97 TIL the first tv commercial of the world was aired on july 1941 in USA. the name of the company was Bulova watches. the ad was shown befofe a baseball match between brooklyn dodgers and philidelphia phillies.