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TIL composer Rudolph Karel composed operas by writing on toilet paper while imprisoned during WWII

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7OOp TIL that there is little proof that antioxidants are actually healthy [Harvard School of Public Health].
oNwK TIL that the good comeback you think of after an argument, but it’s way too late, is called “L'esprit d'escalier” or “staircase wit”.
xwR1 TIL Actor Samuel L. Jackson had a stuttering problem as a child and still sometimes battles with it today. To combat the stutter he uses the curse word “motherf**ker” as an affirmation word.
9LO7 TIL there is a computer keyboard with buttons like “super”, “hyper”, and allows to type over 8000 different characters.
ney7P TIL that a German submarine was forced to surface and subsequently bombed, because a crew member made a mistake while using the toilet. Instead of flushing, he opened a valve that flooded the u-boats batteries, casuing them to create a deadly gas.