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TIL of a secret WW2 German weather forecast unit in the Arctic. Their mission failed when, after shooting a polar bear and eating its raw meat, everyone but the vegetarian paramedic fell ill with the parasitic disease trichinosis and the unit had to be evacuated.

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GA5pQ TIL What “would” means.
OGvO6 TIL that Friedrich Nietzsche is the originator of the phrase "what doesn't kill me makes me stronger"
kJZ1d TIL that the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D not only destroyed Pompeii, but also the cities of Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae. The locals of these cities were aware of the earthquakes leading up to the eruption, but did not know it was a volcano as they had likely never seen one erupt.
lnrA TIL - In 1797 George Washington opened a whiskey distillery three miles from his Virginia estate, and in 1799 it produced 11,000 gallons of whiskey and made Washington the largest American whiskey producer in the 18th century.
R5nMw TIL that Natalie Imbruglia’s Torn was a cover of a cover; it was first recorded in 1993 by Danish singer Lis Sørensen, then by the original songwriters’ band Ednaswap 1994, then by Trine Rein in 1996, before becoming a massive international hit with Natalie’s 1997 version