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TIL between 1962 and 1989 the West German government bought nearly 34,000 East German political prisoners for approximately 40,000 Deutsche Mark (roughly 20,000 Euro) per Person.

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JYGyj TIL John von Newmann was a child prodigy who could divide eight-digit numbers in his head by age six and learned calculus by age eight. He developed the computer architecture that virtually all computing devices use today. He became a US strategic adviser and his game theory led to the MAD doctrine.
AEEo TIL that Albert Brooks’ birth name is Albert Einstein.
QNlla TIL there's a loophole in Kentucky law that enables the taxidermied remains of the real-life Cocaine Bear to officiate weddings
neBAr TIL The 1980s featured a nationally syndicated WWE style scripted version of roller derby with a figure-8 multi story track with jumps and an alligator pit to toss opponents. Players had long backstories and running feuds. There were heel turns and face turns. Scheming managers. It had everything.
4PQg TIL that retinal, a photorector molecule in your eye, has to leave the eye and be recycled through the liver once it has been exposed to light.