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TIL: Amon Göth, who Headed the Kraków Concentration Camp, was so Brutal in his Treatment with Jewish Prisoners, that he was Trialed and Charged by the SS, and Relieved of his Position

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5YWM9 TIL: Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave survived being torpedoed on three different ships on the same day; When Aboukir was going down he jumped and swam like mad to escape the suction. He was just getting on board the Hogue and she was torpedoed. He then swam to the Cressy and she was also torpedoed. [1914]
4XK8g TIL Mount Everest is only the world's tallest mountain as measured from sea level. But since the earth bulges at the equator, the mountain Chimborazo in Ecuador is the tallest mountain if you measure from the earth's core.
wLrW8 TIL that the infamous 1971 D.B.Cooper plane hijacking remains the only unsolved case of air piracy in commercial aviation history. The FBI officially suspended their active investigation in July 2016. The 60-volume case file is open to the public to read.
KWM6 TIL that during Wagner’s lifetime, there was a widespread misconception that Wagner did not like applause at his operas. Frustrated by the lack of applause, Wagner himself cried “Bravo!” at the end of the second act of one of his operas, only to be hissed by other members of the audience.
mxAQY TIL Pungents are small bottles used to carry smelling salts and other odorous things. Dating back to at least the 19th century, pungents were often decorated to look like seahorses and dolphins, among other things.