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TIL - The Waffen SS wouldn’t accept atheists. “Atheism is the only world-view or religious view that is not tolerated within the SS,” Himmler wrote

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LQ66p TIL In 1994 the athlete Mauro Prosperi got lost in the Moroccan desert during a marathon, he survived by eating roots, hunting beetles,snakes and drinking his urine for 10 days
jNEdv TIL Tetris has an official sequel. Called "Welltris", it was developed by the original creator 5 years after the creation of Tetris, retains that game's falling-block puzzle gameplay but extends the pit into three dimensions while the blocks remain two-dimensional, with the board viewed from above.
epm0E TIL the UK is the only country to have successfully developed and then abandoned the capability to launch satellites into space. The Black Arrow rocket launched the Prospero satellite into orbit from Australia in Oct 1971. The project was cancelled that same year due to cost.
vWE4 TIL the US tried to make cat guided bombs during WWII to hit enemy ships. The hope was that the cat would see the ship as “dry land” and steer the bomb to the target, in an effort to avoid getting wet. The project was abandoned because the cats would lose consciousness in the low G conditions.
rROyo TIL a McDonald's Caesar Salad has more calories, fat and salt than a Double Big Mac burger