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TIL that Nietzsche did not drink alcohol, writing that it suppresses the will to change our lives for the better

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4GLJ TIL of Guenter Verheugen, the guy who got mobile phone manufacturers to adopt MicroUSB as the universal standard for charging/connectivity.
9wkNr TIL of New Sweden, a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River from 1638 to 1655. The colony was established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power.
XEpJD TIL the Leningrad siege in WW2 has been classified as an genocide by some historians. American estimates the death toll was higher than combined american and British losses in the war, "The Siege of Leningrad killed more civilians than bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined."
Bg0gD TIL Penguins can jump 6 feet high!
Oowd7 TIL while walking in Manhattan’s Central Park that each lamppost has a set of numbers at the base. The first 2-3 numbers indicate the closest cross street, and the last number indicates what side of town you’re closest to. An odd number indicates you’re on the west side, and even means east.