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TIL there is a desease which causes yeast to grow in your digestive system, producing alcohol, making you drunk all the time

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7rMwZ TIL of Axel von dem Bussche who was chosen to model a new winter uniform in front of Hitler in 1943. He had planned to hug Hitler then detonate a landmine in his pocket, killing the both of them. The plan fell through when a traincar carrying the uniforms was destroyed by the Allies.
e0Kxk TIL Chris Pratt stole his Peter Quill/Star-Lord costumes, including the jacket, from the set of “Guardians of the Galaxy” so that he could wear them to visit sick children at the hospital if the film was a hit.
1aWXD TIL of the city of Lakewood, CA and the post-World War II suburban community. Developers in the city built 17,500 homes in less than three years on empty fields. They then sold about 30 homes per day to war veterans backed by government mortgages, once selling 107 homes in one hour!
QBLa TIL that when the atomic bomb was first tested, one of the physicists, Enrico Fermi, had a wager as to “whether or not the bomb would ignite the atmosphere, and if so, whether it would merely destroy New Mexico or destroy the world.”
N7jKb TIL the term "render farm" came about in part because Jamie Clay of Autodesk regularly wore farmer's clothes