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TIL of the 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, Germany. The event was documented in a broadsheet news article at the time with claims that witnesses observed hundreds of spheres, cylinders and other odd-shaped objects that moved erratically overhead.

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ADWRg TIL that Niki Lauda asked his fellow drivers in 1976 to boycott the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring due to safety concerns even after he was the fastest on the track. Fellow drivers declined and Lauda suffered a crash in the second lap which left him with half face and scalp burned.
9wPLG TIL that angry imported military camels roamed the Wild West
vNgR TIL: The Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization gives only 20% of its donations to cancer research and pays its CEO $684,000 per year.
pYErO TIL when Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson made the song, "Say Say Say" in 1983, Paul talked to Michael about investing in music publishing. Two years later Michael purchased the the majority of the Beatles’ catalog for $47 million outbidding Paul. The Beatles catalog is worth an estimated 1 billion
647Z TIL mathematician Paul Erdős, an avid amphetamine user, once accepted a friend’s $500 challenge to stay clean for 30 days. Erdős won the bet, but complained that “mathematics has been set back by a month”.