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TIL of the Edelweißpiraten. They engaged in hiking and camping trips, offered German adolescents an opportunity for sexual experimentation with the opposite sex and were antagonistic to the Hitler Youth.

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J1J78 TIL: Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States, had a pet raccoon named Rebecca who freely roamed the White House.
dDk6K TIL that Tetris can be used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms
KO494 TIL approximately 30 to 50% of East Asian are intolerant to alcohol due to a faulty version of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) gene. It may cause flushing on a person's face and body and other symptoms including nausea, headache and general physical discomfort after drinking alcohol.
9YZGp TIL after rigorously training dogs for space travel, Soviet scientist had a dog named Bobik run away days before their flight. A replacement named ZIB who was an untrained street dog found running around the barracks, was quickly located and made a successful flight.
OoDO4 TIL: Astronauts left their poop on the moon. They threw out the garbage thinking everything would be sanitized by the solar radiation. Scientists don't know if the microbes in the feces are still alive, but future moon missions will investigate that.