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TIL The Twin Roman Emperors Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II Were Real Brothers. But Not Twins.

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R7loa TIL: Martin Couney set up infant incubator shows at Coney Island, Atlantic City and World's Fairs, charging 25c to view premature babies. He offered free care for 'weakling babies', proving the success of incubators. He saved over 6,500 babies from ~1900-43.
R79M7 TIL in 2015 Tbillisi, Georgia was flooded. A result of flooding was the destruction of the Tbilisi Zoo, leaving half of its animal inhabitants either dead or on the loose. An escaped African penguin was found at the Red Bridge border crossing with Azerbaijan, having swam 60 km south from Tbilisi.
JYNjv TIL when Adolf Eichmann was tried in Israel for his actions in the Holocaust, it was necessary to modify Israeli law to allow a team of foreign lawyers to defend him, since no Israeli lawyer would.
rvMy TIL During the French Revolution someone promised to keep blinking as long as he could after he was beheaded as an experiment. A friend watched. It took about 15-seconds before he stopped.
5VenD TIL Inflatable tanks were used during WWII as decoys.