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TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion

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Lkmnp TIL: Hans Asperger (after whom a type of autism is named) helped the nazis to euthanize disabled children
RLLj TIL police departments can and will refuse to hire someone because their IQ is too high.
xJD5 TIL North Korea is the only country to have been caught cheating at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Twice.
e416 TIL in 2005 a portion of T-Rex bone was dissolved in acid, it revealed soft tissue with sections of possible DNA.
0wQmN TIL Despite publishing vast quantities of literature only three Mayan books exist today due to the Spanish ordering all Mayan books and libraries to be destroyed for being, "lies of the devil."