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TIL a bird that went extinct re-evolved itself back to existence

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awbBA TIL that despite having some of the top physicists in the world, including Werner Heisenberg, Nazi Germany was unable to build a nuclear weapon partly because they did not want to affiliate with "Jewish Physics" causing many scientists to defect to the US to help with the Manhattan project.
kgM5 TIL a Univ. of Manchester debate on feminism and censorship was canceled when the student union barred both speakers due to the university’s “safe space” policy
LkD7V TIL About “The King who ate himself to death”- King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died after eating a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: hetvägg made of semla and served in a bowl of hot milk.
loRD7 TIL Cats have genetic similarities to humans and are an excellent model to study human infectious diseases.
POYG TIL that in two days in the Chernobyl zone the human body receives a radiation dose equal to one intercontinental flight