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TIL in 1990 Marilyn vos Savant wrote about the "Monty Hall problem" in her column in Parade magazine, correctly answering the statistical brainteaser. Thousands wrote to her to insist she was wrong, including many people with PhDs. Mythbusters even confirmed she was right in a 2011 episode.

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kJ5Og TIL that Karl Dönitz, the man who succeeded Hitler and was the last leader of Nazi Germany, survived his post-war prison sentence of only ten years and only died in 1980. He denied any wrongdoing for the rest of his life.
61jm TIL that there was a now extinct species of crocodile that could gallop.
oJmr TIL - The word “Astronaut” literally means “Star sailor” The term derives from the Greek words ástron, meaning “star”, and nautes, meaning “sailor”.
OG9ja TIL that uranus smells like farts. That is maybe because of the hydrogen sulfide.
M740b TIL that a children's nurse inspired the Peanuts special "Why, Charlie Brown, Why?" Sylvia Cook suggested producing a film about cancer to Charles M. Schulz. She wanted to comfort and educate patients of hers who were too young to understand their condition. Cook also served as script advisor.