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rREoo TIL of Albert Göring, brother of Hermann Göring. Unlike his brother, Albert was opposed to Nazism and helped many Jews and other persecuted minorities throughout the war. He was shunned in postwar Germany due to his name, and died without any public recognition for his humanitarian efforts.
grLO7 TIL in Leave the World Behind (2023), a coordinated attack of 1) disabling communications and transportation, 2) synchronized chaos via disinformation, and 3) civil war and societal collapse was the most cost effective way of destabilizing a dysfunctional society.
0dRej TIL That riveted ships and boilers were made to be water-tight by caulking which, in this case, refers to the process of hammering the face of one steel plate so the deformation will fill the gaps, resulting in a tight seal.
V1Vk TIL that a Canadian university is offering a room full of puppies to help stressed-out students.
NX78E TIL of wadokei - Clocks used by the Japanese until 1872, in which length of an hour changed with the seasons.