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TIL the common criminal name is Jeremy

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OZk1 TIL that to prevent the Nazis from discovering two fellow scientist’s gold Nobel prizes, Niels Bohr had them dissolved in aqua regia. They were then stored on a shelf until after the war, when the gold was extracted and re-cast by the Nobel Foundation
6KkY TIL there was a county in Tennessee that, during the Civil War, decided not to join the Confederacy. Instead, Scott County seceded and formed the Free State of Scott. It didn’t officially rejoin Tennessee until 1986.
DXnY TIL in 1996, Bear Grylls broke his back after falling 16'000ft when his parachute ripped. Two years later he climbed to the summit of Mt. Everest.
0PMR TIL Maria Anna Mozart, sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was also considered a musical prodigy, but was ordered by their father to stop composing music because in the 18th century women did not become composers.
78bax TIL the origin of heroin's name.