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Z8kjD TIL the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin was a pioneering facility for sexuality and gender studies which was set back incalculably after the Nazis burned all of their records in 1933.
xyLo TIL that a man “blinked a book”. Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffered from the Locked-in syndrome, could control only his left eyelid. By blinking his eye, he slowly dictated one alphabetic character at a time and, by doing so, was able to write his memoirs (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
j61Ep TIL the population of the North Sentinelese living on North Sentinel Island is estimated to only be between 50 and 100 people.
BgEOb TIL Queen Victoria's half-brother served as revolutionary Germany's head of government in 1848
BkGK TIL The Crown worn by Elizabeth II, has a Ruby which has been in the Crowns possession for 700 years and worn by King Henry V in the famous Battle of Agincourt 1415.