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TIL almost 80% of German casualties in World War II took place in Eastern Front

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dDEbj TIL the man often credited as the first person to synthesize heroin, Felix Hoffman, did so only 11 days after first synthesizing Aspirin while working for Bayer
b98Pa TIL that the 3rd W in BW3s stands for Weck. They no longer serve weck, so they changed their name to Buffalo Wild Wings.
gMdoD TIL there is a term for when you repeat a word so much that you start to lose sense of what the word is and means: Semantic satiation (or semantic saturation)
oRgZo TIL that some people are genetically gifted because they can sleep for as little as four hours without experiencing daytime sleepiness or any other issues as a result of sleep deprivation.
8emJP TIL in Japan, there are more pets than children.