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TIL That Queen Latifah was the first rapper to perform at the Superbowl

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pk5G TIL that a Polish patriot allowed himself to be captured by the nazis in WW2 to be sent to Auschwitz. Inside the camp, he formed a underground resistance group that did a variety of things such as morale and passing on Intel to the outside. First detailed report of the holocaust. He soon escaped.
aONA TIL Erwin Rommel humanely treated captured soldiers, ignored orders to kill Jews, civilians and conspired to assassinate Hitler. After his death soldiers on both sides pay respect to his grave and he is the only member of The Third Reich to have a museum dedicated to him.
xVKd0 TIL In 2010, Andriej Ivanov, went to a bridge in Ufa, Russia to commit suicide. When he arrived there he saw Maria Petrova, climbing over the railing to attempt suicide. He stopped her from killing herself, and they later fell in love and planned on getting married.
RM6j TIL 84% of the top 50 Kickstarter projects missed their delivery dates and 15 of them have not shipped.
xVLm0 TIL the original Illuminati sought to suppress religion's role in society. Opposing superstition, religious influence over public, abuses of state power. Outlawed by the Catholic Church, vilified by conservatives and religious critics caused many conspiracy theories you hear of them, even today.