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TIL of the “Euthanasia Machine” invented by Philip Nitschke, which asks the patient a series of questions, and automatically administers a lethal injection if the correct answers are made.

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4YXN TIL that a teenager fooled an entire school, multiple police officers, and a car dealership that he was the youngest State Representative ever. He was escorted to the school, given a tour, and spoke to the high school students about being involved in politics.
EgJZd TIL that bones of fallen Waterloo battle' soldiers (and horses) may have been used to whiten brown sugar into refined white sugar for decades
LQN80 TIL dancing is prohibited and punishable by law in Germany during religious holidays, like Easter
p8ZWG TIL when Beethoven first performed his Ninth Symphony, as he couldn’t hear the rapturous applause it received due to his deafness, one of his singers approached him and turned him around so that he could see the standing ovation he was receiving.
KDMG TIL In Kenya a turtle adopted a hippo that was abandoned after a tsunami.