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TIL that Max Born, one of the founding fathers of quantum mechanics, is the grandfather of Olivia Newton-John

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xV0n5 TIL: Mushrooms are the only vegetarian food that can make vitamin D. They contain a “pro-vitamin,” or precursor, called ergosterol that is converted into vitamin D when exposed to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation—similar to how your skin synthesizes the vitamin in response to sun exposure.
kO6M4 TIL in 2000, two suicidal people met online and both decided they wanted to end their life by jumping off a cliff. The two strangers met up in Norway, took a cab to a popular cliff and jumped to their death together.
D1YVV TIL the military under Richard Nixon was ordered not to react to any orders from the president due to his depression.
Jw14 TIL Swedish and Scandanavian children dress up as witches and go door-to-door asking for candy… on Easter.
Br6GD TIL that historians believe that the worst year on earth was 536. This included a volcanic eruption that spewed ash so far that the earth lost the sun for a year, deadly famines, a plague, and a small ice age. Historians also believe that this year started the end of the Byzantine and Roman Empires