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TIL A Polish art student hung his own painting up in a major art Gallery where it went unnoticed for three days.

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nWyWo TIL there’s an energy drink called “Cocaine”, released in 2006 and banned 6 months later. Online sales of Cocaine then quadrupled. Redux Beverages rebranded “Cocaine” to “No Name” to get around a temporary ban. The name was changed back in February of 2008, and Cocaine can be bought today online.
eXOk TIL that the Nuremberg Principals state that simply following the orders of your government does not excuse you from the consequences of violating international law
gMBN8 TIL that in 1916 soldiers with a femur fracture had an 80% chance of dying. The introduction of the Thomas Splint reversed this statistic, giving soldiers with the same injury an 80% survival rate by 1917.
woXw1 TIL Sioux Lookout was once home to the second busiest airport in North America behind Chicago.
VBEW4 TIL about the Surf Nazi subculture. Although surf boards with swastikas on them had been sold since the 30s, the movement did not gain much notoriety until the late 50s through the 80s. Many Surf Nazis believed in localism - an ideology promoting hostility towards outsiders/non-white surfers.