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TIL that “Fürherprinzip” was a Nazi doctrine that placed Hitler’s commands above any written laws and required unwavering loyalty.

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wpy6 TIL in 1996 a model airplane fan was flying a plane at a Dublin park when the controller died and the plane flew off on its own. It flew five miles, ran out of fuel, and glided to a landing… on a runway at Dublin Airport
G8DG TIL 19th century Czech anatomist-physiologist, Jan Purkyně (Johann Purkinje), was so famous that when people from outside Europe wrote letters to him, all they had to put as the address was “Purkyně, Europe”.
Dv0Y TIL that persistent digital rectal massage has been proven effective in terminating intractable hiccups
KODvR TIL that during WWII an American plane crashed on a Japanese island (Chi Chi Jima). There were 9 men on board. Eight of them were captured and eaten. The one who was rescued was George H.W. Bush.
MjoV TIL a partnership between US and Chinese space agencies is impossible - the 2011 spending bill made any scientific activity involving NASA and the Chinese illegal.