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TIL Hermann Goering’s great Niece and Nephew surgically sterilized themselves to end the Goering blood line.

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OdYa TIL that a New Orleans police officer committed an armed robbery murdering a uniformed policeman and two employees of a restaurant in the process. One employee hid in the freezer and was spared; the officer returned to “investigate” the crime, and was identified by the survivor as the shooter
5YNbR TIL of viruses that attack bacteria called ‘bacteriophages'. The term phage originates from Greek phagein, which translates as ‘to eat'. A single phage injects its genome into a bacterial cell, switching the cells' program in its favor. The host cell eventually dies, releasing about 100 new phages.
oRl6r TIL that the Vincent Price's spoken word portion of "Thriller" was written the day of recording
XEDQR TIL Monty Python and the Holy Grail was funded in part by British rock stars including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Genesis
7r9gX TIL Hydrogen-alpha filters used for looking at the sun transmit only one specific wavelength of light: a deep red light emitted by hydrogen atoms of the sun. H-alpha filters are much more expensive than white light filters. The least expensive ones start at about $700