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TIL that November 9 holds special significance in German history. Coincidentally, it was the date of the fall of the Berlin wall, Kristallnacht, and the Munich beer hall putsch, to name a few.

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ANLK4 TIL the sensitivity of a computer mouse is measured in "mickeys-per-inch".
OoO97 TIL There is not enough evidence to determine whether cough medicines work, even though some people may find them useful
16GM7 TIL one bite of the beaked sea snake that is fully loaded has the ability to kill 52 men and only three drops of their toxic venom have the ability to kill eight people! Without treatment, the venom will kill a person within eight hours.
K0Qa TIL famous gangster Johnny Stompanato stormed onto a movie set in the UK and pointed a gun at actor Sean Connery due to jealousy involved in Stompanato’s affair with Lana Turner, only to have Connery take the gun from him and force him from the movie set.
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