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TIL Henry Kissinger invested $6million into Elizabeth Holmes' Theranos scheme

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R6e8 TIL bees use hexagon shapes for their honeycomb structure in order to create equal sized partitions with the least amount of material possible. This is known as the honeycomb conjecture.
QNyxL TIL the "tank" was named by the British military during WWI to make the enemy think they were developing a kind of water carrier instead of a secret new weapon.
M5RW TIL historically syphilis was called “French disease” by the Italians, “Italian disease” by the French, “Spanish disease” by the Dutch, and “Christian Disease” by the Turks
x4g7 TIL the Voyager missions were launched when they did to take advantage of a unique planetary arrangement that allowed flight time to Neptune to be reduced from 30 years to 12. This alignment occurs every 175 years.
KYDd4 TIL that the animated film Shrek was based on a children's picture book made by an 83-year-old cartoonist