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TIL of Gustac Stresemann was the foreign minister of the Weimar republic who managed to remove foreign control of their national bank and french troops in the Ruhr district; within one year of his death his coalition collapsed.

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VBX1D TIL in a cave near Nazareth, archeologists found a skeleton of a 13 year old boy with with deer horns that had been placed on his chest. The cave was dated to be around 92,000 years old.
d5rE TIL The the power symbol found on every power switch is actually a 1 and 0. The English words On and Off were replaced by the universal numeral symbols 1 and 0 to bypass any possible language barriers as technology became more ubiquitous.
ekYJ TIL that when asked about his thoughts on Ben Affleck playing Batman, George Clooney responded by saying “I am the least qualified person to comment on anyone playing the role of Batman since I so terribly destroyed the part”
jN8mE TIL That the Moon could have been formed by a natural nuclear explosion.
L04d TIL clenching your right fist aids memorization by activating the encoding side of your brain, while clenching your left fist helps you recall that information.