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TIL one of the key factors in the Nazi Blitzkreig was the wide use of Pervitin, an over-the-counter methamphetamine, available in Germany. The drug allowed soldiers to go sleepless for up to three nights and "dulled feelings of empathy, hunger and thirst and reduced sensitivity to pain."

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