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TIL The grand children of Hermann Göring (commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe and highly ranked Nazi Officer) sterilised themselves to cut the family line.

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pYZkN TIL the 1975 Haicheng earthquake is widely considered the most successful example of earthquake prediction, with the city having been evacuated beforehand, resulting in few deaths. However, the prediction was only possible due to a special foreshock sequence, making it useless for future prediction.
KmvG TIL India has more people using the Internet than the entire population of the United States
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oBJYL TIL That the average adult makes 35,000 decisions every day, with over 200 decisions made about food.