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TIL that the definition of murder in German law has not actually changed since the Nazi era: the current definition was written in 1941 by Hitler's hanging judge, Roland Freisler

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5VO88 TIL about Multiocular O (ꙮ), a rare glyph variant of the Cyrillic letter O. Only one single use of this glyph is know, in a 15th century manuscript, in the Old Church Slavonic phrase "серафими многꙮ҄читїи"
LQ0v9 TIL: NES Super Mario Bros. has Continues. At the Game Over Screen: If You Hold A, Then Press Start, You'll Start at X-1 Of The World You Died At.
epAEg TIL: Until it's collapse in 1991, the Warsaw Radio Mast was the tallest radio tower ever built at 2,120ft. It was built with the intent to broadcast communist propaganda worldwide.
16Re4 TIL Sigurd the Mighty, the Second Earl of Orkney who reigned between 875–892, was killed by by an infected wound after he strapped the decapitated head of Máel Brigte the Bucktoothed to his horse. The bouncing head and jaw chewed into Sigurd's leg on his victorious ride home from their fight.
R7o0w TIL that in 1964, British Marines unknowingly consumed LSD and were instructed to carry out standard training exercises, so that the Army could determine the suitability of the drug to incapacitate enemy soldiers.