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TIL that certain parts of the German Autobahn were built to be rapidly transformed into NATO warplane landing strips

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JnYj TIL there is a monument in Georgia with an instruction to genocide, with an unmarked time capsule, and no one knows who erected it in 1979.
69WQY TIL the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion was 14 years old and is now funded by the federal government for nuclear research
Wj9X TIL In 1915, to distinguish itself from copycats and competitors like iKoka-Nola, Ma Coca-Co, Toka-Cola and Koke, Coca-Cola issued a design competition seeking “a bottle so distinct that you would recognize if by feel in the dark or lying broken on the ground.” The best design would win $500
J1OLk TIL that privacy self-management (i.e., the principle that people individually manage their privacy via notice and consent) is based on multiple "fundamentally wrong" assumptions.
adkZ TIL a cup of apple juice has more calories than a cup of Coca Cola