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TIL that the German Blitzkrieg on France in 1940 was fueled in large part by crystal meth. A patented pill form of the drug called Pervitin enabled German soldiers to fight for days at a time without sleeping.

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yQYLM TIL that there is a type of tumor that can grow eyes, hair, teeth, and limbs.
78onM TIL in 1967, gay rights activist John Nichols appeared in an NBC documentary called The Homosexuals. He used the pseudonym "Warren Atkins". His father was an FBI agent and feared he would lose his security clearance if they found out his son was gay, to the point of threatening to kill him.
WAxY TIL That The US Beat China In A World Math Championship For The First Time In Twenty Years Last Year
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