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TIL in 2013, JCPenney sold a stainless steel tea kettle that attracted controversy due to its perceived resemblance to Adolf Hitler.

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neQEd TIL, Jürgen Hinzpeter was the the only journalist to film massacres during the government supression of the democratic uprising in the South Korean city of Gwangju in 1980. His footage was delivered to Germany and broadcast worldwide. In 2000s, he was honored by South Korea for his efforts.
m1rvP TIL: before 1993, there were only two colors of visible light LEDs. The invention of the blue LED changed everything.
W79n9 TIL 1 of 2 German V1 rockets in the US is located at the courthouse in Putnam County, IN. After WWII, a local resident working in arms disposal thought it a shame to dispose of the relic, and had it placed in his hometown. It is now a memorial for local veterans who lost their lives during the war.
0vrN TIL, in China, before it there was a vaccine, smallpox scabs were ground up and blown up the noses of healthy people in order to immunize them.
MKYB TIL Police in the UK have shot dead 5 people in the last 4 years. In the US, this figure is 1600