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TIL that a University of California physics professor wrote a mathematical proof paper to get out of a speeding ticket…and did!

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GEVN TIL in 2015, Auvi-Q, an inexpensive Epi-Pen competitor, issued a voluntary recall of all devices in market due to reports of incorrect dose delivery. None of the 26 reports were ever confirmed, and no deaths reported. Auvi-Q will return to market in 2017 as an affordable alternative to the Epi-Pen.
oR7j8 TIL That Hitler's Godson is still alive - and he is very anti-nazi
p8O7p TIL Hitler was an avid reader, having read at least 6,000 books, and would quote Shakespeare throughout WWII. He ranked Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gulliver's Travels, Don Quixote, and Robinson Crusoe as the great works of world literature.
O7NY TIL that the world’s oldest social housing complex, “Fuggerei”, which is still inhabited today, has not raised its rent of 0.88 Euros since 1523
9YNGM TIL that Thad Roberts, an intern at NASA, stole roughly $21 million worth of moon rocks from NASA with the aid of his girlfriend. He loaded a 600 pound safe containing ~101 grams of samples and wheeled it out of the complex, destroying 30 years of the chief scientist’s research in the process.