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TIL that “Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings” was said by German poet Heinrich Heine … in 1823.

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wokNP TIL: There is no express written limitation in the Constitution barring a person with a criminal conviction from holding office as the President of the United States
YpJMv TIL that during first lunar landing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were literally lost for the duration of being on the Moon. Neither NASA nor Michael Collins from Columbia module orbiting the Moon were able to locate the landed Apollo 11 for 22 hours it remained on the surface.
R9V7 TIL that in the 1800’s Allan Pinkerton became Chicago’s first detective, developed investigative techniques still used today, became head of Union Intelligence, foiled a plot to kill Abraham Lincoln, chased Jesse James, and created the first database for criminal identification.
M7wK0 TIL in star wars one of C3PO's legs was silver and they were not both gold
XEwKE TIL about the Hidden Continent of Zealandia, a region of continental crust twice the size of India. Mostly submerged, the only major land masses include New Zealand and New Caledonia.