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TIL the allied forces hired a makeup artist to draw sketches of Hitler in various disguises.

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oDEE TIL Over 2500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products made for right-handed people
5YyWD TIL between the 16th and 18th centuries, the Catholic church exhumed skeletons from catacombs and decorated them with gold and precious stones to serve as relics for saints. While some of the corpses may have been early martyrs, most actually did not belong to anybody with religious significance.
ANJGw TIL: Switzerland does not have an official capital but Bern is the de facto capital due to its central location among other reasons.
gMly9 TIL the plasma globe was invented accidentally by an MIT undergrad, who was working in a lab to create electrical rocket engines. Right after inventing it, he naturally brought it to his girlfriend's house party.
W7jdd TIL that 1911 was the first time International Women's Day was celebrated worldwide.