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TIL During WWII there was a scheme to make Hitler more docile by lacing his food with hormone oestrogen.

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0dEp1 TIL about the Central Park Squirrel Census, a project where hundreds of volunteers, known as "squirrel sighters," counted squirrels in Central Park. The census estimates there are around 2,373 squirrels living in the park.
XEDoR TIL: Stephen Hawking was planned to be sent to space with Virgin Galactic.
69eGW TIL In 2013 A meteor exploded in the atmosphere above Chelyabinsk Russia, that produced 26 to 33 times as much energy as the atomic bomb detonated at Hiroshima
loZja TIL about the Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite group of Theban Greek warriors composed of 150 couples of male lovers.
v149B TIL The State of Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Nuclear technician and whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986. Later he was drugged, abducted and secretly transported to Israel and ultimately convicted.