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TIL to combat soldier fatigue and promote aggression the Nazis distributed Crystal Meth to soldiers

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OG0Ag TIL about toasted skin syndrome, a rash caused by prolonged exposure to moderate heat such as from laptops or space heaters.
JYEbv TIL: in 2019 a Nepalese climber Nirmal (Nims) Purja climbed all 14 peaks in the world above 8000m (the death zone) in just 6 months.
nWLAW TIL that Dr. Maya Angelou recorded an album of duets with Jessica Mitford's cowbell and kazoo band Decca and the Dectones, Jessica Mitford being the author of “The American Way of Death” and the younger sister of Adolf Hitler's girlfriend Unity Mitford.
BgWye TIL that marble countertops are radioactive and can emit radon gas
KY904 TIL Quentin Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was a pilot who was killed in combat in WW1. For propaganda purposes, Germany made a postcard of the dead pilot and his plane, However, this was met with shock by Germans, who were impressed that a president's son died on active duty.