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TIL Adolf Hitler committed suicide 69 years ago today

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kJr9d TIL that the term “brain freeze” to describe a cold-stimulus headache was only invented in 1991, and is a trademark of 7-Eleven.
epyBn TIL Burning spent coffee grounds creates the same amount of energy as coal.
4X1lb TIL Show gratitude for better sex Gratitude helps not only for better mental health but for better sex too. A recent study shows that gratitude helps to trigger the person to meet the sexual needs of their partner.
BgZ1e TIL a pop up restaurant in Japan hired only elderly people with dementia to reduce the stigma attached to it. The customers still ate the food they were served even if the waiters got it wrong.
vP5GB TIL: The original penguins or Great Auk was a species driven to extinction by man. Scientists in the 1600s noticed and tried to prevent it through numerous laws, it failed. In 1840 the last auk in Britain was beaten to death with sticks as the men thought it was a witch causing storms.