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TIL all German students are required to visit old concentration camps as part of their education.

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EgnaX TIL Sigmund Freud made the decision to flee Austria after his daughter Anna was interrogated by the Gestapo for nearly 12 hours. He was able to buy safe passage out of Austria just in time with 31,000 Reich marks in 1938
xVKEo TIL: A chemistry professor imported coca leaves to Germany that he gave his student to analyze. The student isolated a compound that had "a bitter taste, promote the flow of saliva and leave a peculiar numbness, followed by a sense of cold when applied to the tongue.” The compound was cocaine.
BMGK TIL that Space Invaders was so popular it created a shortage of 100 yen coins in Japan, forcing the government to mint more.
9wOep TIL a 2022 study included a mouse that was produced from a single unfertilized egg (parthenogenesis) and grew to adulthood & successfully reproduced, which was thought to be impossible in mammals.
LN9Q TIL an early duty of Best Man was to serve as armed backup for the groom, in case he had to resort to kidnapping his bride.