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TIL about zeptoseconds, the smallest unit of time.

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LQYR9 TIL that Nazi commander Dirlewanger's troops performed experiments on Polish citizens that resulted in their deaths, then their corposes were cut into small pieces, mixed with horsemeat, and boiled into soap. Dirlewanger was described as "perhaps the most sadistic of all commanders of World War II".
gM0G9 TIL that Lake Champlain was officially recognized as the sixth Great Lake for 18 days in March of 1998.
vdkR TIL that Sixth-grader has won $70,000 settlement after school demanded her Facebook password
Ejv0 TIL Tenacious D got the idea for their song “Tribute” by listening to “One” by Metallica and thinking that it’s the greatest song in the world
NEjP TIL when Samuel Adams received a female slave as a wedding gift, he insisted that “a slave can not live in my house; if she comes she must be free.” He was able to free her after years of writing emancipation papers, and treated her as an equal family member throughout that time.