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TIL that slave laborers making tanks for Nazi Germany routinely sabotaged every part they could, and this caused German tanks to be extremely prone to breaking down.

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PY6QJ TIL Archduke Ferdinand survived an initial assassination attempt on the day he was killed when a grenade bounced off his convertible. He escaped unharmed, but later wanted to visit the wounded and that is when his car stalled next to one of the assassins, who happened to be nearby.
yQB1v TIL 6 kids were poisoned in 1963 from wearing new, unwashed jeans that had been exposed to pesticide. (2 boys whose pants were washed before wearing them did not get sick)
bexE TIL Cynicism is actually a philosophy that advocates the rejection of sex, power, wealth, and fame in order to live a virtuous life that is in balance with nature.
GYaNJ TIL that during filming of Titanic, the cast and crew ate chowder laced with PCP, leading to a hospital conga Line.
nWWPr TIL that the head of the Buffalo ASPCA helped develop the electric chair and experimented with it on hundreds of stray dogs.