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EgEA0 TIL while chemical weapons were produced by the Nazis, they were not widely deployed. Other than fear of retaliation, factors which influenced this decision may have been that Adolf Hitler was gassed by British troops in 1918, and that the Nazis never developed effective gas masks for horses
oBg97 TIL That the Roman Emperor Nero, in his last moments, paced around saying "What an artist the world is losing" over and over again and was so petrified of dying, that he asked one of his companion to set an example by killing himself first.
e0LBn TIL of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Icelandic explorer, who sailed to America around 1000ad. She was the first European to give birth there. She also sailed across North Atlantic eight times between Greenland, Iceland and Norway. Later in her life she made a pilgrimage to Rome and back.
j68jn TIL that Mozart taught his pet starling bird how to play the opening of his Piano Concerto Number 17, K 453.
NEyN TIL Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis didn’t talk from 1956 to 1976 & remained estranged until 1987. That’s when Martin’s son was killed in a plane crash. When Martin found out Lewis secretly attended the funeral, he called his old partner and patched things up & remained close until Martin’s 1995 death.