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TIL Richard Kuhn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins". Kuhn collaborated with high-ranking Nazi officials, denounced Jewish co-workers in 1936, and is no longer considered a suitable role model by the Society of German Chemists

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W7eXY TIL male dolphins will kill baby dolphins of another father so that the female will be available to mate with them.
88ba TIL the record for the longest recorded sniper kill was set last year at 2.8 Km or 1.8 miles, by an undetermined Australian sniper in the War in Afghanistan.
Ype0Z TIL there is a small settlement in Africa called Singapore
69EPQ TIL that Coca-Cola was originally made with Coca leaves and Kola nuts, which are real things. The soft drink likely now contains neither.
4XXjN TIL during the division of Berlin, there were still several West Berlin subway lines which passed through parts of East Berlin. They just didn't stop there, leaving behind heavily guarded "ghost stations". Over the years, several citizen of the East managed to get on trains towards the West.