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TIL Loch Ness is big enough to fit the entire population of the world ten times over in it

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4XYXg TIL that Oskar Schindler abandoned his wife after going bankrupt and returned to Germany, leaving her in Argentina. They never saw each other again in the 20 years before his death, though they remained married. The final scene of Schindler's List was her first time ever seeing his grave.
ZwVQ TIL there is a term for the opposite of “ambidextrous”. It’s “ambisinister”, and it means you’re equally shitty with both hands.
R7Nn4 TIL that in World War II, the Allies suspected the Nazis of using the Leaning Tower of Pisa as an observation post. A US Army General was sent to evaluate the scenario but was so impressed by the beauty of the campanile that he refused to order an artillery strike in order to preserve it.
BdnD TIL In 1957 Henry Molaison had his hippocampus and amygdala surgically removed due to epilepsy, after the surgery he was unable to form any new memories and could not recall any past memories. He was institutionalized for research and essentially was “stuck in time”.
9YXmG TIL that humans have patterns that are invisible under normal conditions - we have stripes. They follow a "V" shape over the back, "S" shaped whirls over the chest and sides, and wavy shapes on the head.