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TIL Martian sunsets are blue

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R7047 TIL that the German Blitzkrieg was literally fueled by speed. During the early part of WW2, the German gov't distributed meth tablets to its armed forces as part of an effort to make individuals "superhuman."
W7LRd TIL the burial site of Eve, which allegedly gave the ancient Arabian city of Jeddah (grandmother) its name, was cemented over by Saudi authorities in 1975
85Ra TIL in 1985, John Fogerty of CCR was sued for sounding like himself in his solo music. The cost: $1.1 million in legal fees. He pushed it to the Supreme Court to fight the double standard of defendants not being awarded the fees & won, setting a precedent that defends artists from corporate sabotage
0KRL TIL that all US Presidents, but one, share the ancestor King John Lackland who signed the Magna Carta in 1215.
4X07J TIL the United States conducted an underground nuclear test that didn't stay underground. The fallout from the underground test spread over Nevada and into California. Two workers eventually died from the radiation.