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Today I learned Mendelejeff (inventor of the periodic table), Bohr (formulated Quantum Theory, Einstein (created the Theory of Relativity) and many other inventors/scientists/etc discovered their ideas from dreams

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eV6L TIL three times more IKEA catalogues than Bibles are printed each year
KYbr4 TIL that pelicans were once native to Britain, and occasional sightings are still made
XEr4R TIL that from 1953 to 1964, the CIA conducted completely uncontrolled tests involving drugging people who didn't know they were being drugged, then following and watching them without intervening.
0ddXv TIL in France it is illegal to disinherit one’s children, meaning that a particular share of the deceased’s estate is legally required to be kept for their children, or for their spouse if they had no children
gMwLX TIL tonsil stones can cause very bad breath. Tonsil stones are the small white hard objects that we spit out sometimes and which smell like death.