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TIL After failing his entrance examinations at the University of Zurich, Einstein settled in Bern, where he wrote his post-doctoral thesis and published five works that changed the world view of physics forever

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jNKPQ TIL about the "omnipotence paradox," where the ability to do anything and everything seems to lead to logically contradictory ideas such as creating square circles. Its most well-known version is the so-called paradox of the stone: "Could God create a stone so heavy that even He could not lift it?"
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6ZOl TIL of William Buckland, Dean of Westminster. Who upon being shown a preserved piece of Louis XIV’s heart exclaimed, ‘I have eaten many strange things, but have never eaten the heart of a king before’ and proceeded to eat the piece.