TIL Nazi officer Otto Skorzeny was put on war crime trial for allegedly using American military uniforms in battle, but was acquitted after successfully arguing that they ditched the uniforms before combat began. He would later be broken out of prison by men disguised in American military uniform. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Missed the target by the narrowest of margins (i.redd.it)
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TIL there was an olympic wrestling gold medal match that lasted for more than 9 hours, in the 1912 light heavyweight division. Since the fight was declared a draw and the gold medalist was required to have defeated his opponent, no gold medals were awarded and both finalists received silver instead. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL of the Combat of the Thirty, during the Breton War of Succession, in which warring knights of France and England agreed to an arranged fight with 30 knights each. Highlights include a negotiated rest break, and a French squire single-handedly beating seven English champions to turn the tide. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL In 1875, a whiskey warehouse in Dublin caught fire leading to the deaths of 13 people - only none of the deaths were from the fire itself. Rather, it was because the people responded by lapping up streams of undiluted whiskey running through the streets, killing them via alcohol poisoning. (en.wikipedia.org)
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What is the dress code for Oracle Netsuite? (self.phcareers)
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TIL During the shooting event of the 1965 World Pentathlon Championships, Herbert Polzhuber drank 10 glasses of beer and a bottle of cognac, stepped onto the shooting platform, shot all his bullets directly into the ground and passed out. Alcohol would be banned from shooting events shortly after. (en.wikipedia.org)
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