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TIL there is no 0 BC. The calendar goes from 1 BC to AD 1

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xVoP7 TIL that Polish intelligence officer Witold Pilecki volunteered for a resistance operation to be imprisoned in Auschwitz in order to gather intelligence about the camp. He organized a resistance movement in the camp, sent information to the Allies about what was happening there, and escaped in 1943.
MwEa TIL that there are people who believe our birth certificates are actually bonds for money deposited in our names at birth, and these bonds are traded like stocks on the NYSE.
kJ00E TIL that the south hemisphere receives ~7% more solar energy due to orbital perihelion (closest position to the sun) happening in 3 january
xyJk TIL Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, recorded a $167 million loss on paper because of “Hollywood Accounting”. Warner Brothers effectively made sure that the movie lost money by paying itself a $212 million “distribution fee” off the top.
J1p71 TIL after losing her position in her university's anatomy department in 1938, Rita Levi-Montalcini set up a laboratory in her bedroom and studied the growth of nerve fibers in chicken embryos. This work led to her discovery of nerve growth factor, for which she was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1986.