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TIL that not only do the people of Münich, Germany, eat second breakfast every day, the second breakfast must be accompanied by beer

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eWkD TIL In the Korean War, US mortar teams accidentally ordered hundreds of crates of Tootsie Rolls instead of rounds because the US military sometimes used “tootsie rolls” as code for mortar rounds
jlkv TIL the British submarine HMS Artful can stay submerged for 25 years without having to surface for air
e0MOE TIL that Kim Philby, head of the MI6 anti-communist section, was forced to resign over allegations that he helped two KGB moles escape. However, he was exonerated by the government. He then defected to the Soviet Union after having been KGB double agent for 30 years.
Bdpy TIL that Johnny Depp and Queen Elizabeth are related
XyYQ TIL a study involving 165 patients with Alzheimer’s found that those treated with the highest dose of an antibody drug, aducanumab, experienced an almost complete clearance of amyloid plaques (that supposedly lead to the irreversible memory loss and cognitive decline).