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TIL that a group of german soldiers planned a coup against the Nazi regime in 1938 but were told by the French and the British ‘forget it’ because they approved of the present situation in Germany and hoped to make an alliance with it against Communism

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9YoNQ TIL of Capt. Samuel Whittemore, an American farmer who survived being shot in the face by a musket AND repeatedly stabbed by bayonet from British soldiers in 1775 during their march to Lexington & Concord, at the age of 78 . . . and went on to live another 18 years.
J15P1 TIL about Teri Horton, a truck driver who bought a painting for $5 in a thrift shop that turned out to be a potential Jackson Pollock. However, the painting has not yet been definitively verified. Horton died without selling the painting.
6EbEY TIL of the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954, where members of the 442nd Regiment, the Democratic Party of Hawaii, CPUSA of Hawaii, IWLU and Plantation Unions worked together for better labor rights, to end the Republican dominance of the territory and the Big Five Oligopoly of the State
kJPG1 TIL about the "Symphony of Industrial Horns". A avant-garde rendition of The Internationale performed by Arseny Avraamov in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1922. The Symphony utilized live sounds of trains, naval vessels, factories and other industrial installations across the city as its instruments.
5YjkD TIL of John Shaw, an outlaw who ordered a drink in a Winslow, AZ saloon then robbed the place. He was later caught and killed but since he never finished the drink his friends dug him up, poured whiskey down his throat and took photos.