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

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78rvr TIL that the shape of Pringles has a name: hyperbolic paraboloid
9pm7 TIL The only upside-down stoplight in the world is in Syracuse, NY because some persistent local Irish kids didn’t want the red (British) above green (Ireland).
9YoMX TIL Philippe II Auguste once suggested a duel between five champions on each side to decide a battle between France and England, but changed his mind after Richard the Lionheart suggested that the kings were among the champions, as Richard was too good of a knight.
N1gJ TIL If our sun had a supernova it would be 9 times brighter to us than if an atomic bomb exploded against our eye
oaRL TIL the sewers of Bucharest are populated by thousands of children who moved there when orphanages were closed following the fall of Communism. Drug use, tuberculosis, and HIV are rampant, and their king is a man named Bruce Lee.