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TIL Germany has the highest number of men who sit down to pee in Europe and they are called Sitzpinklers

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p8X5b TIL the largest murder case conducted in human history was first-chaired by a rookie who'd never been in court before - and he won. His name is Benjamin Ferencz and he is still going strong at 101 years old.
6DoJ TIL One of the test pilots for the interceptor version of the SR-71 was chosen for Apollo 15 mission to the Moon. He had a heart attack after his moon walk and the only reason anybody knew was because NASA noticed it on his heart monitor. It was left out of the mission debriefing records.
OovG4 TIL There’s cyanide inside avocado pits and apple seeds
joM TIL that President Nixon gave the President of Ireland a flag that traveled to the moon and a piece of moon rock. The moon rock was accidentally dumped and is worth $5 million dollars.
6EPPX TIL about the actual creator of DOS (CP/M), desktop computers, Cd's and more; Gary Kildall, the forgotten father of the modern computer.