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TIL Former Luftwaffe Pilot and President of W. Germany Walter Scheel had a hit music single, selling over 300,000 copies.

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0dkXv TIL of the Aztec “Curse of One Rabbit”, where the first year (One Rabbit) of the 52 year calendar cycle was associated with famine and catastrophe. Incredibly, one study suggested a “real climatic origin”, with 10 of the 13 years having a famine, including one of the worst in world prehistory.
R7jDa TIL that Grover Cleveland was a sheriff for three years, during which time he personally hanged two men
xV461 Today I learned that "Broomrape" is a real parasitic sometimes flowering plant found spread out across the world, and not whatever the hell you're thinking of.
0wm6p TIL Chimney Swifts are among the most aerial and high-flying of all birds. These birds eat, drink, mate, and even sleep on the wing, but they alight to raise young.Their diet is mostly aerial plankton consisting of minute insects and newborn spiders. Pilots have reported seeing them at 7300 ft high.
GAN64 TIL that E=mc^2 is not the full Einstein's equation and it only works for objects that aren't moving