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TIL The expression grüß Gott ( 'may God greet you') is used in Southern Germany and Austria. It was promoted in the 19th century by the Catholic clergy over the standard German greeting guten Tag ('good day')

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VM9lZ TIL Hipparchia of Maroneia demanded to marry cynic philosopher Crates despite her parents objecting. Crates, removed his clothes in front of her parents and declared "this is the bridegroom and this is his property". They got married and lived in the streets as cynics, often having sex in public
woodY TIL With flight director Gene Kranz, it took a $5 million campaign to restore the original Mission Control room at NASA Johnson Space Center in 2019, with thousands of backers from 25 countries. Flight control consoles were restored and wall displays were reactivated with Apollo-era projections
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k7bd TIL: In Biertan village in Transylvania Romania, the church had a “divorce/reconciliation room”: Couples that wanted to break up had to live two weeks in a room with one small bed, one table with one chair, one spoon, one plate. In 300 years they had just one divorce.
Wk808 TIL about "The Third Wave", an experiment to demonstrate to high schoolers how the citizens of Germany were susceptible to Nazi fascism. It grew to over 200 students and the teacher completely lost control over the student body.