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TIL That Mathematical Physicist Arnold Sommerfeld holds the record for the mentoring the highest number of Nobel Laureates, but won none out of the 81 times he was nominated for the same honour

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xNBo TIL that an Australian man jumped on top of a floating whale carcass surrounded by sharks (including a great white and several tiger sharks). He later admitted, “Mum thinks I’m an idiot, Dad’s not too proud either.” (Video in link.)
6ELPm Today I learned that Pablo Escobar Owned a football team in Colombia
jgEv TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings, dating back some 15,000 years, were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built.
e0MJJ TIL The theme music for the British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em spells out its title in morse code.
PXAG TIL There is a film called Waterloo(1970) that used 15,000 real Soviet soldiers as extras who spent months learning Napoleonic formations and how to use a musket. It is also very faithful to actual history.