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TIL The Iron Crown is not made of iron. The crown contains a band that was believed to be made of a nail from the True Cross which miraculously did not rust, it was actually made of silver.

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AN68o TIL Thomas Edison fostered a fun and relaxed work environment at Menlo Park, incorporating activities like practical jokes, competitions, late-night meals and drinks, musical entertainment, and even gambling to alleviate the pressures of their demanding work on inventions.
5YoYn TIL In 1976 Director Werner Herzog made a movie where almost all of the actors performed while under hypnosis ( HERZ AUS GLAS, Heart of Glass).
XEYLX TIL outside the academic space Dmitry Mendeleev (creator of Periodic table of elements) was a man of unusual interests and the widest professional knowledge. It’s hard to count them all. He was a chemist, physicist, economist, meteorologist, technologist, geologist, meteorologist, pedagogue, aviator
e0YxE Istanbul is locking down. But not if you’re a tourist.
oBYOE TIL In WW2, the first operational jet fighter, the deadly German Me 262s, were too fast for the Allied fighters, so the allies would follow the jets back to their base, then attack them on their landing approach, when they were travelling slowly, and incapable of rapid acceleration.