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TIL that Space Smells like Seared Steak.

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R5P9 TIL A Japanese diplomat in Lithuania during WWII disobeyed multiple direct orders from his government and wrote special visas enabling thousands of Lithuanian Jews to escape the Holocaust. His reward was a ruined career and decades of ignominy and deprivation. He had no regrets.
78VYP TIL: each 13.5 inch Oscar statue is plated with 1.5 times as much gold as the 21+ foot James Webb Space Telescope mirrors
l7lKa TIL that that there's a world record for the fastest 100 metres in high heels, and it's 13.557 seconds
lo10V TIL Polish community in the UK tried to build a memorial to commemorate the Katyn Massacre (22K Poles were killed in 1940 by the USSR), but it was rejected by successive UK governments due to Soviet’s pressure. When it was unveiled in 1976 no official government representatives showed up.
9w0Kr TIL the Japanese word "saboru". In the early 1900s, "sabotage" caught on in Japan to describe industrial actions. However, it was shortened and took on a different meaning: "cutting classes" or "skipping work". Now it’s so casually used that even some native speakers don’t realize it’s a loanword.