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TIL during WW2 Hungarian chemist and noble laureate, George de Hevesy, dissolved two fellow laureate’s gold Noble Prizes in aqua regia to prevent Nazis from confiscating them

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Vag4 TIL Vatican once invited Stephen Hawking to a conference where he had an audience with the Pope. Pope John Paul had trouble understanding Hawking and knelt down beside his wheelchair to hear him better, prompting one scientist to comment that “things certainly have changed since Galileo.”
b9ZO4 TIL about Freddie Oversteegen. She, along with her sister and friend, would flirt with Nazi collaborators and lure them to the woods for a promised makeout session. Once they reached a remote location, the men got a bullet to the head instead of a kiss.
GYLNj TIL that indigenous people in Australia were systematically massacred well into the 1900s. The last massacre, by the Western Australian police, took place in 1926
OodEe TIL That in Canada coins are only considered legal tender up to a certain amount. For instance, if you attempt to pay for a $50 purchase with a wheelbarrow full of nickels, the local authority can refuse to accept the payment.
LN79 TIL Kim Sa-rang, a 3-month-old Korean child, died from malnutrition after both her parents spent hours each day raising a virtual child on an online game, Prius Online.