Obscure facts ya know!

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Anne Frank's father edited the diary before it was published.

There had been some friction between Anne and her mother and he deleted references to disagreements.

^^ Mensch is a title of honor.

Anne was 'buried' in a mass grave.

There is a 'tombstone' near the site that hundreds of people yearly leave flowers and small rocks on, and pray at, but her body is still with the other victims, dumped in a pit.

Horrid.

There's a parking lot at the site where Hitler's body was burnt.

Whoa.

Did NOT know that!

Europe seems to have a thing for putting supreme leaders under parking lots. Reference: Richard III

And yet Eva Braun got a tomb, as did Mussolini's mistress, where people actually leave flowers, considering her an example of love and faithfulness, inasmuch as she supposedly had the chance to leave, but chose to stay and die with him.

The last public hanging in my city was 1857 but the roads department like to keep the gallows spot available.

That?s probably wise. As long as it remains in place, chances are it will eventually be used again, even if it takes centuries.

Uh......

Ew.

Jews make up about .2% of the world population and receive 22% of all Nobel Prizes.

The Maytag Company started in 1893. They started out with farm machinery, not all of it top quality: its corn husker, called the Success, caused the partners many problems because of its poor quality.

The tomato variety known as "Ace" was originally developed as a hybrid by the Cambell's Soup Company for their tomato soup, but the variety has now stabilized and is considered an heirloom, meaning the seeds come true to type as is not the case with hybrid plant varieties.