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TIL Gerhard Domagk’s discovery of the antibacterial properties of Prontosil won him the 1939 Nobel Prize in Medicine but German citizens were forbidden to accept the prize under Hitler. Domagk was forced to reject it by the Gespato before receiving it in 1947 but without the prize money

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eg7k TIL shaving unwanted hair does not make it grow back thicker or darker, one reason we believe this myth is because in young boys it might. But that’s because the shaving may overlap with the timing of natural hormonal fluctuations in his body that are developing his adult facial hair
VMAB4 TIL about the "Gävle Goat" - a straw goat erected anually in Gävle, Sweden. Since the start in 1966 it has been destroyed 36 of 51 times. In 2005 it was burnt down by two vandals dressed as Santa and the gingerbread man, by shooting a flaming arrow at the goat.
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oOaY TIL during the German occupation of France, Edith Piaf was allowed to perform for Nazis. As a reward, they allowed her to pose for photos with French prisoners. She forged the photos into identity papers for their escape plan
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