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TIL 4/20 was Hitler's birthday. I'll never celebrate it again.

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d8eQd TIL it would take several months to reach the speed of light at a rate of acceleration that the human body can withstand (without inertia manipulation)
ANg6x TIL Jelly has traditionally been savory. The oldest known meat jelly recipe is from the 10th-century cook book Kitab al-Tabikh and ingredients include boiled fish heads, vinegar, and whole onions. Jelly containing fruits would come later.
E1XY7 TIL Henry Hans Ernst Marwede, German pilot who fought against the Allies during WW1, was decorated with the Iron Cross, could not accept the rise of Nazism and went to France, avoided internment by joining the Foreign Legion, and sided with the Allies in WW2.
yQr4p TIL British Rail applied for and were granted a patent to a Flying Saucer in the 1970's.
Eg6L7 TIL Many of the dinosaurs featured in Jurassic Park, such as Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex, did not evolve until after the Jurassic Period was over