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TIL that the Nazis branded Einstein's theory of relativity to be "Jewish physics" and published a book "One Hundred Authors Against Einstein". When asked how he could win an argument against so many people Einstein replied that one fact was more powerful than 100 scientists

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NPMP TIL When it was discovered that Hasbro’s flubber toy was discovered to be toxic they attempted to incinerate the remaining stock (which didn’t work) then attempted to bury it in the ocean (it just floated to the top) and finally buried it under a new parking lot.
PYWVL TIL that the Godfather II (1974) was the first movie sequel in history to win the academy award for best picture. Only 2 other sequels have ever won the award: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and LOTR: Return of the King (2003).
oj18 TIL in 1993 Egyptologists sent a small rover through one of the Air Shafts of the Great Pyramid. The rover came in contact with a stone door with two copper handles attached. To this day, the door has not been opened and now one knows where it leads
XpyP TIL In the winter of 1963-64, a team of FBI agents spent their days hunched over portable record players, struggling to decode a message that threatened the morality of America’s youth. It wasn’t from the Russians or Castro, but a band of white-bread Portland teenagers called The Kingsmen.
NgbP TIL the Quartermaster on Pirate ships could veto the captain’s decisions whenever the ship was not chasing a prize or engaged in battle