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TIL that a blue whale’s tongue weighs more than an elephant
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TIL Albrecht von Wallenstein was the most successful Catholic general of the 30 years war, upon realizing the war was futile and could last decades he tried to organize peace only to be assassinated by his emperor. He was proven right with the war lasting another 14 years and 6 million more dead
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TIL Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first black woman to earn an MD in the US in 1864. Despite authoring the first medical textbook by a black physician, she did not gain recognition until mid-20th century.
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TIL: In WW2 there was a badass all-female squadron of bomber pilots whom the Germans nicknamed “The Night Witches”
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TIL that according to cognitive dissonance theory, the "Ben Franklin effect" means that whether you choose to treat someone well or not, you will devise a reason for why they deserved it, either way.
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TIL that Gwen Stefani discovered her husband, Gavin Rossdale, was having an affair with their nanny after explicit photos and messages popped up on the family iPad. It was signed into his iCloud account.