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TIL Adolf Hitler’s nephew fought for the US against his uncle in WWII

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ANNQ4 TIL McKamey Manor, an EXTREME haunted house attraction in Tennessee in which the guests must sign a liability waiver to participate: can't leave the experience without permission& subjected to various forms of physical and psychological torture: having bones broken, teeth removed, & being drugged.
ypgV TIL a female Italian serial killer disposed of bodies by making them in to bars of soap
OgEX TIL that Ernest Hemingway once won a bet by making a short six word story that could make people cry
9wKkM TIL Thomas Cromwell led the persecution of Anne Boleyn based on a prophecy of "secret treason" against Henry VIII by "children of unbelief." Anne opposed Cromwell's harder line on the church but when a priest close to her attacked Cromwell in a sermon Cromwell became convinced the prophecy was true.
apRL TIL: In the 1960’s, Pirate Radio boats in international waters would broadcast pop & rock to 10’s of millions of British listeners. The BBC, which until then mostly catered to classical tastes, was forced to restructure and meet the demand for these genres.