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TIL that the Reichstag fire was used as a pretext for the Reichstag Decree which suspended civil liberties to pursue a "ruthless confrontation" with the Communists.

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D1jag TIL sperm don't race to the egg. They are passively transported via "pumping & wafting", weeding out the high number of "duds" that human males have. Many are stored in side-channels for up to 10 days. The sperm introduced to the egg are a random sampling, & don't represent "survival of the fittest"
LXbd TIL Van Gogh shot himself in the chest and then went and smoked a few cigarettes before finally dying.
EgprX TIL that Diana Ross's sister is a trailblazer in medicine. Barbara Ross-Lee was one of the few African-American women in a field dominated by white males in the 1970s and became the first African-American woman to lead a U.S medical school.
epRJk TIL between 28 October 1918 and 9 November 1918, Germany was a parliamentary monarchy. The Chancellor was no longer reliant on the Emperor's confidence, but rather on the parliament, the Reichstag. The consent of the Reichstag was also needed to declare war and conclude peace, not just the Emperor's
awvoJ TIL the President's desk in the Oval Office of the White House was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880, & was carved from the HMS Resolute, a 19th century British Royal Navy ship that an American whaler recovered from the Arctic