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TIL in January 1913 alone, Josip Broz Tito, Sigmund Freud, Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, and Leon Trotsky were all patrons of the same cafe in Vienna

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4enJ TIL that scientific pioneer Nikola Tesla was skeptical of Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. In 1892 he started work on his own “dynamic theory of gravity.” This was revealed when he announced the near completion of the project at age 81. He died 5 years later and the project was never found.
wLLJP TIL that chewing gum reduces anxiety, reduced stress levels, and increases blood flow to the brain.
woPJJ TIL that Dalai Lama, spiritual figure of Tibetan Buddhism, is a prominent watch collector with his most valuable watchpiece being the Patek Philippe Ref. 658. He received it when he was 8 years old.
oBVdL TIL Vulcanizing rubber joins all the rubber molecules into one single humongous molecule. In other words, the sole of a sneaker is made up of a single molecule.
kBgW TIL that between 1885 and 1887 Alfred Barnard visited every working whisk(e)y distillery in Great Britain and Ireland. He went on to publish a 500 page book: “The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom,” one of the definitive texts on whisky. Two years later did the same thing for breweries.