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TIL that methamphetamine was nicknamed panzerschokolade (“tank chocolate”) during WWII because of how common it was used among German soldiers

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nWWQW TIL that there is a random runway in the middle of the Everglades that is only used for training. It was originally intended to be the first runway of a new airport for Miami, intended to be the largest airport in the world, but the project was canceled due to environmental concerns.
J1NlV TIL that Tojo Hideki, Japanese war criminal, attempted suicide after the surrender. He was saved and resuscitated by Allied forces who then hanged him.
9YVnG TIL that In 1880, Doctor Washington Sheffield of New London, CT manufactured toothpaste into a collapsible tube. He had the idea after his son traveled to Paris and saw painters using paint from tubes
ZKZ4 TIL experimental Thorium nuclear fission isn’t only more efficient, less rare than Uranium, and with pebble-bed technology is a “walk-away” (or almost 100% meltdown proof) reactor; it cannot be weaponized making it the most efficiant fuel source in the world
dD0AQ TIL that there is a type of octopus, an argonaut, where the male fills its sex organ with sperm, then rips it off and presents it to a female.