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TIL about Lothar Kreyssig, a German judge who attempted to stop the Nazi t4 “euthanasia” program in 1940; even filing charges against a senior Nazi official for murder.

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VMMV0 TIL For the Apollo 11 moon landing conspiracy theory to be true, over 400,000 people would need to be part of the secret.
yVkMV TIL that the LIBOR scandal was a global financial scandal in which several banks were found to have manipulated the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a benchmark interest rate used as a reference for over $350 trillion dollars in financial contracts.
NXLxP TIL the Lammergeier, a large species of vulture, has a diet that is 70%-90% bones
JY54j TIL In the original Cinderella Story the ball was set over three days, and Cinderella had eluded him the first two nights, so the prince had set a mousetrap and covered the palace stairs in tar to catch Cinderella before she escaped.
pYZvO TIL that the Australian Ibis (aka bin chickens) have learned how to eat the invasive and poisonous cane toad. They do this by picking the toad up, shaking it around to get it to expell its poison and empty is poison sacs, then washing the poison off with water.