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TIL about "The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law", an Austro-Hungarian center-left Joke Political Party made to mock the cautious and measured approach of some mainstream political parties of the time.

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4XmEJ TIL of Eric Erickson, a Swedish businessman who pretended to be devoted to the Nazis, but was really a spy for the American military. He made more than 30 trips to Germany between 1939-1945. He mapped out oil refineries that were later bombed. His family had disowned him for “supporting” Hitler.
QNQN9 TIL about Starlight Tours in Canada where indigenous people are murdered when drunk by being driving out far in the cold wilderness and left there
Xbj6 TIL Google hires camels to capture “street view” in deserts
JY9d1 TIL That Roger Waters', bassist for Pink Floyd, wrote When The Tigers Broke Free about his father who served in the unit he sings about, The Royal Fusiliers and died holding the Anzio Bridgehead with his unit.
WMeY TIL That Verizon refused to help search for a 62 disabled patient because he had an unpaid bill on his phone