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TIL every year Warsaw stands still to commemorate the Warsaw Uprising

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ANYxB TIL each element on the Periodic Table corresponds to one solution of the main equation in the field of quantum mechanics & that the entire field of chemistry emerged from that single equation.
J1Nym TIL that due to an error at the 1932 Summer Olympics, the 3,000 meter steeplechase went on for 460 meters (1 lap) longer than intended.
8vPa TIL there is a book titled, The Mouse That Roared, about a small nation that declares war on the United States in hopes of a swift defeat to get money to rebuild its country.
ADBk7 TIL that ladybugs can bite.
yVKnw TIL in 1996 a couple named their son "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116" claiming it was pronounced "Albin." This was in protest to a $740 fine they'd received for failing to register a name by his fifth birthday.