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TIL that in Auschwitz, an SS guard fell in love with a Jewish prisoner. He saved her life multiple times and in return, she testified on his behalf during his post-war trial.

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WkA1X TIL almond extract is often commercially made from the inside of peach pits, not almonds at all.
e0Pbg TIL of the People's Republic of Korea (1945-1946), the short lived Socialist government of a unified Korea which, based on a network of people's committees, presented a program of radical social change. In the south, the US military government outlawed the PRK on December 12, 1945.
JR0Q TIL that in 2010, Bill Murray walked into a bar with RZA and GZA of the Wu Tang Clan and started bartending. No matter what anyone ordered, he gave them shots of tequila.
Vewp TIL Most greenland sharks are blind due to a 3cm long parasite that latches onto their eye. The sharks have not evolved a defence because the parasite is bioluminescent and is theorised to attract prey to the shark’s head
wLooY TIL Coroners in the U.S. are elected officials, require little to no training in most districts, and may overule a forensic pathologist in naming a cause of death.