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TIL that Nelson Mandela’s wife supported torturing and killing opponents

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mZDv TIL a psychic fighter bet an mma fighter $5000 he could beat him with his psychic powers…
nexLd TIL that the Royal Air Force, in order to hide their success of identifying Luftwaffe bombers at night, made up a story about how carrots are good for eyesight. This was done so Germany wouldn’t know it was radar. A story told almost 80 years ago is why people still believe this myth today.
W77wN TIL that there are roughly eight-hundred-quadrillion times more ways to shuffle a deck of cards than atoms on Earth
ZpKgY TIL that 'Arniston', a British East India Company sailing ship, shipwrecked with the loss of 372 lives because the ship owners refused to buy a marine chronometer; an easy and cheap addition to her equipment.
a1mM TIL when Robert Downey Jr was eight, his father offered him drugs, which led him to a long life of substance and alcohol abuse. RDJ credits Mel Gibson with helping him get sober and narcotic free.