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TIL A survivor of Auschwitz is looking for his missing twin on Facebook.

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djEQ TIL During WWII, George de Hevesy used aqua regia to dissolve the Nobel Prizes of German physicists Max von Laue and James Franck to prevent them being confiscated. He left the solution in his lab, where it was ignored. After the war, he precipitated the gold out and the medals were recast.
kZr1 TIL that Lemmy Kilmister co-wrote Ozzy Osbourne’s hit song “Mama I’m Coming Home,” stating that he made more royalties from that song than in 15 years in Motorhead
eoAk TIL Researchers have found a way to structure sugar differently, so that 40% less sugar can be used without affecting its taste. It is likely to be used in consumer chocolates starting in 2018.
ZpaDB TIL 1 out of every 4 animal species on earth is a beetle.
dDWR7 TIL that still being a desert, the Sechura region of Peru has been effected at times by flooding and storms from the ocean. It is a coastal desert.