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TIL there's a bacterium visible to the naked eye called Thiomargarita magnifica, reaching up to 2 cm long

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PY4xn TIL the Berlin Wall came down by mistake. When the East Germans planned to slowly open the border they announced it at a press conference without including a plan. When a reporter asked when it would be opened, the party official mistakenly said "Immediately, without delay" causing a run on the wall
e0vn5 TIL former stage magician and skeptic of pseudoscience James Randi offered $1,000,000 to anyone who could prove their paranormal abilities under agreed-upon testing criteria. Over 1,000 people tried, and 0 were successful. It was discontinued in 2015.
yPBa TIL The classic beetle was manufactured by VW until 2003
XnBX TIL some radar detectors use radar detector detector detectors to detect radar detector detectors to prevent detection
R7MW9 TIL that Aladdin, one of the most iconic characters from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, was Chinese