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TIL - All of Germany's federal laws & regulations are tracked in a GitHub repository

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jN4bQ TIL blinds in the up position makes the heat go towards the ceiling and allows for more privacy
QJ4la TIL Horses are the only mammals other than humans that can produce large amounts of sweat. Most of it is produced in their armpits
9wKGB TIL that Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, a Venetian noblewoman, was the first woman who earned the degree of "doctor of philosophy". However, Catholic church and the University of Padua refused to get a degree in theology, which she originally wanted. She died six years later.
JYVrV TIL that many US military officials, even war hawks such as Douglas MacArthur and several fleet admirals, opposed the usage of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as unnecessary and cruel. Curtis LeMay even went as far as to say "The atomic bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war at all."
dDMP9 Today I Learned ISPs are required to respond to your complaints through the FCC. ISPs have a lot of shady business practices. In my case they raised the rates from $60 to $240. I was never informed this would happen, and I did not receive a notice that it was going to happen. I just received a bill.