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TIL American news magazine TIME named Adolph Hitler Man of the Year in 1938

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ADXj7 TIL many orb-weaving spiders, including the common Barn Spider, take their webs down every day and build another web every evening, eating the old webs to reclaim resources. This is why most orb-shaped spider webs are free of debris and always look new
dDplZ TIL Dr. William Halsted pioneered modern medical residency training and sterile surgical techniques, while also dealing with a cocaine addiction. His long hours, fueled by his substance use, influenced the expectations of medical and surgical residents today.
4nVR TIL in 1969, a store manager in Sydney, Australia was arrested by a Vice Squad for displaying a poster image of Michelangelo’s masterpiece David because the statue depicts David nude.
yQgbp TIL the hottest hot sauce in the world is “mad dog 357”, it clocks in at 9 million on the scoville hotness unit scale. For comparison, pepper spray clocks in at around 5.3 million scovilles. Oh and it comes in solid form and literally needs to be heated to 140°F to be even used
1aLmO TIL of Amy Carter, President Jimmy Carter's daughter. Once, when asked whether she had a message for the children of America, she replied, "no." She later became an activist, protesting foreign policy towards South African apartheid, and CIA recruitment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.