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TIL Germans have a tool which breaks eggs perfectly called a Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher.

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ZpDOp TIL Robin Williams was given a role by Star Trek: The Next Generation writers as a man named Berlinghoff Rasmussen for the episode "A Matter of Time" where he would play a fast-talking car salesman type time traveler who turns out to be a con man. Williams had to decline in order to film 'Hook'
rN1PM TIL King Orodes of Parthia abdicated in favour of his son Phraates IV, who consolidated his reign by promptly murdering his father and thirty of his brothers.
OG6DY TIL that The New York City blackout of 1977 has 1616 building looted or destroyed and cost about 300 m $ damage
1aobV TIL Aegis is a shield carried by Zeus and Athena. That's why we say "under someone's aegis", which means doing something under the protection.
9YZLm TIL Germany does not have a Court Martial. Soldiers who commit crimes are tried in civilian court.