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TIL that Hitler got the idea to sterilize the physically and mentally handicap from the success of the United States program in the 1930's, the US stopped due to not wanting to be associated with that image.

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60nl TIL that a small town in Kansas has one of the largest space museums in the world, including Liberty Bell 7, the Apollo 13 command module, the Gemini X spacecraft, Vostok and Voshkod spacecraft, an SR-71, Nazi V1 and V2 weapons, and several full-scale launch rockets
ejgE TIL that during the filming of Jurassic Park, Dr. Ian Malcolm distracting the dinosaur with a flare was included at Jeff Goldblum’s suggestion, as he felt a heroic action was better than going by the original script, where like Gennaro, Malcolm would get scared and run away.
epR8g TIL about Oskar Speck whose paddled 30,000 miles (48,280km) in 1932
6EY17 TIL that in the early 2000’s people complained that their Mac laptops mysteriously started giving off the smell of really bad body odor. Turns out the culprit was an adhesive used on the keyboards that started to break down after a few years, outgassing a foul smell in the process.
aw9nZ TIL in China, young adults could give nudes to secure financial loans. Failure to repay these loans resulted in the nudes being shared to family and friends.