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TIL the etymology of pumpernickel bread basically translates to "devil's fart" referring to an inevitable outcome due to it being hard to digest

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BrX4k TIL in 1975 Ingo Bethke escaped from East Germany by floating on an air mattress across the Elbe. 8 years later his brother Holger fled East Berlin by firing an arrow with a rope tied to it and zip lining accross. The two then flew their brother Egbert over the wall on a homemade ultralight in 1989.
BrLXL TIL there is an all-female species of lizard, called the desert grassland whiptail lizard, which reproduces asexually.
WkmMd TIL that the DeLorean car, made famous by Back to the Future (1985) relied on the British Government for about $120 million of its $200 million start-up cost to build a plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) went bankrupt in 1982 and approximately 9,000 cars were made.
wL8YW TIL that the Netherlands can be flooded as a military defense.
N7yj1 TIL three overworked astronauts aboard Skylab mutinied by turning off radio communications with mission control for several hours. They were never allowed in space again.