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TIL about the "Phantom Time Hypothesis," which suggests that 297 years of European history were entirely fabricated, and that we may actually be living in the year 1726.

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xoB1 TIL that four people have been estranged from the Phelps family (the one that heads the westboro baptist church). One of them, Nathan Phelps, considers himself an atheist and considers the WBC an organization for his father to “vent his rage and anger.” He now works to promote science and reason.
wLw07 TIL viagra was invented on accident: “It was originally developed as a medication used for lowering high blood pressure. It failed to acheive this purpose and was discontinued. When test subjects were asked to return their unused medicine, however, they all refused”
0dbAR TIL in 1997 a crew of 6 robbed $18.9m in cash from the Dunbar Armored facility in LA; one of them had cased it while working there. They left almost no evidence & concealed their wealth for 2 yrs until one of them paid a broker with bills still in the original currency straps, which got them caught.
4XWwb TIL John Boyne wrote “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” in two days, and that the book has been condemned by many Jewish scholars for pushing historical inaccuracies, downplaying the horror of concentration camps, and presenting Nazis as sympathetic figures
1ayG7 The SR-71 Blackbird holds the record for flying from New York City to London. The record, 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds (mach 2.68), was set on 1 September 1974 and is still the record for this transatlantic flight.