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TIL the Nazis developed experimental drug cocktail in which the Nazi doctors found that equipment-laden test subjects who had taken the drug could march 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) without resting

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awMXJ TIL one of the shortest scheduled passenger flights in the world is from Westray to Papa Westray in the Scotland. Flights are scheduled for one and a half minutes, and actual flying time is closer to one minute.
grZwW TIL Although pandas rarely attack humans, attacks can be severe. There have been three separate panda attacks on humans at the zoo in Beijing. The humans were critically injured and had their body parts almost bitten off.
J1wov TIL that L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, is the Guinness World Records holder of most published author with 1,084 works.
VQ9Z TIL “Smith” is a common last name because those of the occupation were needed to build weapons/armor for war and could not serve, so they lived through wars.
maQP TIL In Colgone, Germany it is common to donate your used Christmas trees to the local zoo. An elephant can eat up to 3 of these trees a day and can also use them to clean their teeth.