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TIL there was a 10,000 bedroom Nazi hotel that was never used

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Bg0ND TIL in 1862 John Langdon Down was the first to describe a distinct mental disability, calling it "Mongoloidism" due to patients' thin eye shape and shorter stature. Now known as Down Syndrome, was discovered in the 1950s to be caused by the presence a third copy of chromosome 21.
GYrjj TIL that the setting for Ghost of Tsushima is based on an actual Mongol/Yuan invasion of Japan, starting at Tsushima Island in 1274. The invaders landed on Komoda beach, were held there until evening, where the battle ended in a final cavalry charge that ended with all of the defenders being slain.
AL5n TIL there’s a mystery soda machine in Seattle that no one knows who stocks and sells them for 75¢ a pop. And it also has a mystery button that dispenses random and sometimes obscure sodas.
L0Mp TIL To create the battles for Lord of the Rings, Weta used a program called MASSIVE & was able to create thousands of CG soldiers, give them artificial intelligence, talents, and skills, then just let them fight. The AI worked so well that some of the soldiers assessed the battle and fled.
x65 Til that a mathematical equation exist that proves that human kindness is a genetic mutation.