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TIL that Bayer Pharmaceuticals used to buy prisoners from Auschwitz for medical testing

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9YQMQ TIL that, in Greek mythology, Talos was a giant bronze robot, with an average speed of 155 miles/hour, protecting Crete by throwing huge boulders to pirates. Its 'boiling hot' breath could easily burn all hostiles.
79Kx TIL King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan (1919-1929) once gave a public speech in which he said “Islam did not require women to cover their bodies or wear any special kind of veil”. At the conclusion of the speech, Queen Soraya tore off her veil (hejab) in public.
dWG8 TIL An infant starved to death while parents raised virtual child in online game
BBDK TIL skin care products have virtually no effect on skin elasticity, since the protein elastin cannot penetrate the skin layer.
JYJBQ TIL about enclaves and other geographic anomalies: Dahala Khagrabari, a piece of India within a piece of Bangladesh within a piece of India within Bangladesh; and Vulcan Point, the world’s largest island within a lake that is situated on an island located in a lake