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TIL that west Berlin was NOT the capital of western germany.

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jNAYX TIL that during his presidency Richard Nixon set up the "Political Enemies Project", with the purpose of compiling a list of people that he didn't like, and "use the available federal machinery to screw them". The list even included celebrities like John Lennon, Bill Cosby and Steve McQueen.
wo8kE TIL that the FDA regulates pet food like they do human food, and it has to be edible by humans!
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e0aZn TIL that Rosalind Franklin discovered the double-helix structure of DNA while James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins are credited and shared the Nobel Prize in 1962.