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TIL of Brandolini's law, where "the amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it"

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WkQeY TIL Ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker run the Ejection Tie Club, that is confined solely to those who have emergency ejected from an aircraft using a Martin-Baker ejection seat, which has thereby saved their life.
V6Em TIL in 1944 Nazi scientists developed an experimental drug named “D-IX” which could force an equipment laden soldier to march 88.5 km without rest. They had plans to supply these pills to all German troops but war ended before mass production.
WkoYX TIL Russian millionare Pavel Durov was so bored at the office, he threw paper airplanes made of money out his window, causing a brawl outside
epEJ6 TIL that in the 9th century, two Vikings carved their names in runes on the walls of Hagia Sophia. These ancient graffiti have endured from the Byzantine era and can still be seen in Istanbul today.
9YDgM TIL of Smoky, a Yorkshire terrier who helped save the lives of 250 soldiers in 1944