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TIL that birds in the Netherlands fly higher on New Year's Eve to avoid the fireworks

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9YyxM TIL the mosaic of the earth that flew to the ISS with SpaceX Crew Dragon has John Paul II on it
XEYLX TIL outside the academic space Dmitry Mendeleev (creator of Periodic table of elements) was a man of unusual interests and the widest professional knowledge. It’s hard to count them all. He was a chemist, physicist, economist, meteorologist, technologist, geologist, meteorologist, pedagogue, aviator
Wk9LY TIL that Nazi Germany printed lots of British banknotes and planned literaly drop them in British territory to increase inflation and collapse the economy of Great Britain
R7ORa TIL of Mark Roberts, a man from England who has streaked at more than 565 international events. He has his own set of 'rules' for streaking: don't interrupt the play of a game, be prepared to spend an evening in jail, have a good lawyer on hand, and don't eat spicy food the night before a streak
j6X0p TIL archaeologists discovered an "extremely rare" complete 14th-century gauntlet, on the grounds of Kyburg Castle in Switzerland, that's "remarkably well-preserved."