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TIL Osama Bin Laden was an anime fan and played pirated Naruto games

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WkvK9 TIL about the Book Wheel. A 16th century invention that could hold various books at any given time for readers to rotate through and choose from. The seated reader could use hand or foot controls to move to the desired book.
GRkj TIL that there is no such thing as standing in line in Chinese culture. Chinese simply push and jostle to the front, to the chagrin of non-Chinese.
E1l8X TIL that the Germans used Pervitin (now known as crystal meth) to keept their soldiers fighting almost constantly in WW2.
mxgyo TIL about Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Elisabeth, who went from being Governor of Moscow under Tsar Alexander III, to an Orthodox nun, trading her riches away for a tiny monastery.
wLjlo TIL orcas can teach themselves to communicate with dolphins. A group of researchers in California discovered that orcas living alongside dolphins changed their vocalizations by adding in more clicks and whistles to match the dolphin’s communication.