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TIL in the 1960s the USAF brought cats into a weightless environment

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nevd9 TIL For about 25 or 30 years Harlem was the largest urban black neighbourhood in the world. Of the 100 most influential African Americans, 41 of them came from Harlem
6E1y7 TIL That Antarctica was originally called Terra Australis until the nineteenth century, when the colonial authorities in Sydney removed the Dutch name from New Holland. Instead of inventing a new name to replace it, they took the name Australia from Antarctica leaving it nameless for eighty years.
6nPX TIL Berthold Stauffenberg, brother of Claus von Stauffenberg (chief conspirator in 20 July assasination plot to kill Hitler) was executed by being strangled and then revived multiple times. The execution and multiple resuscitations were filmed for Hitler to view at his leisure.
1aZMO TIL about Australia drifting so fast, GPS has to be corrected.
nDY TIL a male birth control that is easily reversible has been developed, lasting ten years and is 100% efficient.