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TIL More Indians died in World War 2 war efforts than the Britons, Americans and French Combined

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vPdWL TIL about the de Bothezat helicopter, a quadcopter that was built by the US army in the 1920s and was considered at the time to be the first successful quadcopter.
awmeL TIL having sex can offer temporary relief for nasal congestion
QBEL TIL In 1985, Burger King launched a viral ad campaign featuring ‘Herb the Nerd’, a mysterious man who had never eaten a Whopper in his life. People could get a 99 cent Whopper by saying “I’m Not Herb”, or if their name was Herb, “I’m not the Herb you’re looking for.”
NX0Pe TIL, that in September 2008, filmmakers in Berlin constructed a life-size replica of New York's Guggenheim Museum for a film's central scene
BgBnd TIL an analysis of Beethoven's hair found high levels of lead, arsenic & mercury. The high amount of lead in particular likely contributed to his deafness. One lock of hair had 380 micrograms per gram & a second one had 258 micrograms. A normal level of lead is around 4 micrograms or less per gram.