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TIL Brigitte Höss, daughter of Rudolf Höss (Commandant of Auschwitz), was employed by a Jewish couple in Washington DC in the 70s. "They saw her as a person, in her own right, apart from her father".

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a8kGA TIL that during an official visit, after Queen Elizabeth apologized on behalf of a horse farting in front of them, former french President Jacques Chirac replied "No worries, I thought it was the horse."
Oob0Y TIL that Phytoplanktons are the lungs of our mother Earth producing about 2/3rd of the Earth's atmospheric oxygen.
b6Lrj TIL With 3,213 metres (10500 feet) from the support tower to the top station, the cable car Zugspitze has the world’s longest free span.
VMkxQ Don’t worry, you’re not alone – our planet is bulging slightly around its midriff as well.
5VdyP TIL in many countries there's a mandatory requirement for companies to pay salaried employees a "thirteenth month" and even a "fourteenth month" - yearly bonus pays each equivalent to one month's normal salary