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TIL there is an illustrated edition of Hitler's autobiographical manifesto, Mein Kampf

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gMZKX TIL that Apatheism is the belief that if a god exists, or not, it does not matter, because the effect is the same. Therefore there is no point engaging in worship or even positing the question of existence of the god at all.
XpZE TIL that there is a species of fungus from the Amazon that feeds on plastic. It can live on plastic alone, and can do so without oxygen, potentially leading to new techniques for bioremediation.
wLmYY TIL The international parking sign was first designed for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
JYYmV TIL the most drunk man ever, recorded a blood test showing 7.22 parts per million of alcohol. An average person would vomit at around 1.2, lose consciousness at 3.0 and stop breathing at a level of about 4.0 parts per million.
jaOR TIL that famous philosopher Bertrand Russell, while aboard a fight in Norway, asked the flight crew to seat him in the smoking section, claiming that “If I cannot smoke, I should die.” The plane later crash landed into a bay, drowning everybody in the non-smoking section.