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TIL That the remaining relatives of Adolf Hitler have decided not to marry or have children to end the blood line of Adolf Hitler.

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1aRdV TIL there is evidence the vikings were rather literate. Artifacts found often have their owner's name on them, or descriptions of the item. One item found had written on it "I am a comb".
lxkA TIL a radioactive 1950s science kit for kids “came with four different types of uranium ore, a geiger counter, a miniature cloud chamber, an electroscope, a spinthariscope and an educational comic book called ‘Learn How Dagwood Splits the Atom!’”
p8eE4 TIL John Adams called Christianity a "fresh revelation" but if there was no Heaven; his advice to every man, woman, and child would be to take opium.
xVA85 TIL that during WW1 the British used semen as invisible ink, and the name of the man who invented this technique was “Captain Sir Mansfield Cumming”
6Ey9m TIL There’s a newly discovered Pygmy Seahorse Species called Hippocampus Nalu—nalu referring to “here it is” since it was known to locals prior to its scientific discovery