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TIL That Godwins law is an internet adage asserting that "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1"

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Z8Ovv TIL patients were deliberately infected with malaria to produce intense fevers to treat incurable late stage syphilis. The inventor of this method won a Nobel prize for this work in 1927
LQyd0 TIL that in 2011, 200 paper planes were launched from a weather balloon 23 miles above Germany. The planes were designed to maintain stable flight in gusts up to 100 mph. They were found across Europe, North America, and even Australia.
lXdA TIL that Stephen Colbert, an avid Lord of the Rings fan, is set to make a cameo appearance in an upcoming Hobbit film
kOEKe TIL in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt indirectly aided in Woodrow Wilson’s win when he formed the “Bull Moose Party” in retaliation to not winning the republican presidential nomination against Taft, splitting the republican vote.
wPX6 TIL in 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded $100,000 from the United States.