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TIL in WW2, children in the Theresienstadt camp played concentration camp-related games including "gas chamber"

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pYGy8 TIL that the CIA spent $20 million to train and modify a cat to be a spy only to have it get run over on its first mission.
OG9X4 TIL nearly 8 in 10 Americans grew up with at least 1 sibling, making siblings a more ubiquitous presence in early life than fathers.
QNlVp TIL gecko feet don't work like glue, suction cups, or velcro; by changing the angle of the hairs on their feet, geckos can sync-up the movement of electrons in the hairs and the electrons on the surface they want to walk on, generating van der Waals forces that adhere them to walls/ceilings at will
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