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TIL that Robert Rodriguez's sons are named Racer,Rebel and Rocket

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Re6j TIL that sheep can remember the faces of up to 50 other sheep as well as their shepherd.
6Exxm TIL of the "stability-instability paradox": as nuclear deterrence makes large-scale conflict between two powerful states unthinkable, it paradoxically increases the frequency of small-scale/proxy conflicts, as neither side fears the other will want to escalate a small conflict into a large one.
NwDP TIL that the German Empire in its 47 years of existence, won more Nobel Prizes in science than Britain, France, Russia and the USA combined.
YpdLG TIL Brian Wecht, member of comedy band "Ninja sex party" started a kid friendly band called "go banana go"
D9mj TIL of Kevin Mitnick, a hacker believed to be so dangerous that he was placed in solitary confinement for fear of being able to “start a thermonuclear war by whistling into a payphone.”