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TIL that the same company that produced the Zyclon B gas for Auschwitz also created the anti-graffiti coating for the Holocaust memorial in Berlin

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5Ve4P TIL that Elton John considers Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" to be one of the best songs ever written.
MWbV TIL Democritus supposed the existence of atoms and the empty space between them in 400BC
wL6M8 TIL about the "Wow! signal", the strongest candidate for an alien radio transmission ever detected, received in 1977, by the Big Ear radio telescope in Ohio.
bYKa TIL the First Family pays for most of its living expenses in the White House, including groceries, toiletries and some staff.
yV4lw TIL that your gut bacteria can influence your food cravings and some researchers believe the bacteria literally send chemical signals to your brain requesting the nutrients they need to survive