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

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OogO7 TIL there is an island in Ethiopia where Christian Ethiopians claim to have kept the Ark of Covenant for thousands of years. It is watched over by a single man with no name known as the "Guardian" and no woman are allowed on the island for fear of "stirring the passions" of the virgins on the island
ZkDR TIL Thomas Blood attempted the theft of the Crown Jewels of England but was pardoned by the King and given an estate in Ireland.
rJQW TIL After Rat-Packer Sammy Davis Jr died in 1990, his Widow soon discovered that he was nearly broke and owed back taxes. She then had his body exhumed to strip him of the $70,000 worth of jewelry he had been buried with.
awK5N TIL that due to food and labour shortages in the 1960’s, Brazil has the world’s largest population of Japanese people outside of Japan.
Lg89 TIL there is a non-profit dedicated to lobbying politicians to double NASA’s budget to 1¢ per tax dollar.