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TIL Ghostbusters was written over 3 weeks in a bomb shelter on an island off Massachusetts.

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KYVDJ TIL - the pH scale used in chemistry and medicine was developed at the Carlsberg R&D lab in their effort to provide a more consistent product to their customers
jNpmj Today I learned that Germany actually surrendered twice at the end of the WW2. One being 8th and the other 9th of May. This was due to the fact that Stalin inserted terms to make the Soviet contribution to the victory bigger.
QNJME TIL that Frank Abagnale Jr, the subject of the Steven Spielberg movie Catch Me If You Can starring Leo DiCaprio, may have falsified the main details and scams in the movie as he was in prison from age 17-20 in NY when most of these scams were to have taken place. Making the movie his biggest scam.
PMxV TIL that the Soviet Union disguised their flamethrowers to avoid sniper targeting during WW2
P1nAL Today I learned that cancers in areas like the brain and genitals can be treated using nuclear reactions.