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TIL in 2013 wreckage of a German submarine was dicovered near Indonesia, including human bones and plates with Nazi insignia

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j6XZj TIL that Philip Gale was a child prodigy who killed himself at age 19 by jumping from a classroom window. Before he did it, he wrote on the blackboard Newton's equation for how an object accelerates as it falls, along with a sketch of a stick figure tossing a chair. He signed it, " Phil was here. "
e0p84 TIL The US did not have only two atomic bombs in WWII. They had a third ready to drop on Japan on August 19th that was halted by the surrender. Three to four more bombs were slated to be produced every month in support of a US invasion if Japan did not capitulate.
4wP6 TIL that Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and many other companies, paid off the rent for his house during college by hosting 1,000+ sized nightclub parties and charging an admission for entry
oG7o TIL there is an island in the Scottish Hebrides that is owned entirely by its people. With a population of 83, the Isle of Eigg has been owned by its community since being bought in 1997, after decades of issues with absentee landlords, and generates 100% of its electricity using renewable energy
jNE5p TIL that the TV show Mr Robot has a team of hackers and cyber security experts who make sure that the hacking shown on the show is accurate. Hacking scenes are also performed by members of the technical team in real life, then recorded and rebuilt using Flash animation.