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TIL about Bikeshedding: draining time & resources on insignificant details, so the core issues are ultimately neglected.

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Ln4Z TIL in WWII, the Germans issued Pervitin, an early form of crystal meth to their soldiers to keep them alert.
1aeM4 TIL that Chaim Topol was 36 when he filmed Fiddler on the Roof.
b5JN TIL during the evacuation at Dunkirk, The last of the British Army left on 3 June, However, Churchill insisted on coming back for the French, so the Royal Navy returned on 4 June in an attempt to rescue as many as possible of the French rearguard.
JY7Kl TIL Although reapectful of eachother The Mythbusters (Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman) aren't friends and don't get along.
v1X0B TIL of the Jim Twins, two identical twins who were separated at birth and lived nearly identical lives. They married and divorced different women with the same names, had dogs with the same names, smoked the same type of cigarettes, drove the same type of car, and vacationed at the same beach.