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TIL that the founder of Adidas and the founder of Puma are in fact brothers: Adolf and Rudolf Dassler

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jNe4a TIL Nikola Tesla, a man who spoke 8 languages, made dozens of inventions, was 1.88 m tall and is known to us as one of the greatest geniuses ever, once said "that he felt he could never be worthy enough for a woman, considering women superior in every way."
6e7l TIL if Earth was 100 pixels wide, the distance to Mars would be approximately 428,000 pixels away.
eZRg TIL that the only actual case of poisoned Halloween candy occurred in 1974 when a father killed his son with a cyanide-laced Pixy Stick so he could collect life insurance.
Z8gNY TIL a fossilised tooth of an extinct species of platypus was found in Queensland. Based on the tooth's size, researchers estimate the platypus would have been about twice as large as today's platypus & dubbed it "platypus-zilla".
oBYZo TIL 6 to 10% of premenopausal women have high testosterone in a disease known as polycystic ovary syndrome. This leads to reduced fertility, irregular periods, excess facial hair, male-like baldness, weight gain, among others.