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TIL Rowan Atkinson (Mr.Bean) has a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering

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0d0r1 TIL Hitler, as Chancellor of Germany in 1933, implemented policies to improve the economy, including privatization of state-owned industries, import tariffs, and autarky. This led to reduced foreign trade, resulting in rationing of consumer goods like poultry, fruit, and clothing for many Germans.
DQBKD TIL Finland turned down the output of a nuclear power plant because the price of electricity became "too cheap"
X0ZJP TIL of the Rule in Saunders v. Vaultier. If you are entitled to property in a will but the will-maker directs that you may only be paid upon reaching a certain age, you can demand the money be paid to you forthwith as soon as you are an adult.
4X0gN TIL that the Torch Relay in the Olympic Games was actually invented by Germans in 1936 as political propaganda used by the Nazis to promote their cause in conjunction with the Olympics.
rNOE0 TIL around late September to early October, bull moose will dig a "rutting pit," into which they’ll urinate and then splash urine on their antlers—a scent that induces cows to ovulate.