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TIL Hermann Göring was a morphine addict and required 5 shots per day to remain functional.

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GwZ7 TIL the winner of Tour de France has been positive for doping 40 times in the past 53 years.
vomr TIL there are prime numbers that are illegal to possess or distribute. One of the first ones, found in 2001, was used to bypass copyright protection on DVDs.
Gloj TIL that the connective design for all LEGO bricks has been unchanged since it was patented in 1958; in other words, if you have an original brick from 1958 and a brand new one, they would still be compatible.
5YRD9 TIL in 2014 the Faroe Islands football team defeated the Greek one 1-0, despite being 169 places below it in the FIFA ranking. The following year they repeated the victory, this time with a 2-1 score.
Vw4D TIL there was a town that was underwater for 25 years and resurfaced in 2009