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TIL that the Nazis made butter from coal

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aw0Yo TIL Ronnie Barrett, the designer of the .50 cal M82 sniper rifle, was a photographer with no background in manufacturing or engineering
oB0Z7 TIL that to tell how old sharks are, they count the rings in the vertebrae
kOJk7 TIL Led Zeppelin's lead singer Robert Plant was horrifiied when his Honeydrippers ballad "Sea of Love" became his best-selling single. He was sure his career would be ruined, the industry seeing him as a love singer instead of a rock artist.
bYj9 TIL KGB defector Anatoli Golitsyn claimed in 1984 the USSR would intentionally collapse in order to lull the West into complacency.
d5VB TIL when building the Golden Gate Bridge, the lead structural engineer insisted on the installation of a safety net even though its $130,000 cost was deemed exorbitant. Over the four years of its construction, the net saved 19 men, who named themselves the “Halfway to Hell Club.”