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TIL that Nazi monuments were built of special materials so they would make aesthetically pleasing ruins

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9Ymxr TIL that a "loose cannon" is an apt name for something out of control: when an 8000 pound cannon came loose from a mooring on a ship, it could wreak terror on the crew as it wiped out anything or person in its path and destroyed the ship's walls
vPO8K TIL there is an almost shot for shot Turkish adaption of the TV series House MD, called Hekimoglu.
GADaJ TIL heterochrony – the mechanism by which giraffes acquired their long necks and us our big brains
0dvb1 TIL current CEO of Goldman Sachs, David M. Solomon (61 y.o.) recreationally performs regularly as a DJ under the name "David Solomon" (previously known as DJ D-Sol) producing EDM. He has performed at nightclubs and music festivals. His Spotify profile has 550,000 monthly listeners.
X0ZQ TIL that being a gifted, high IQ child does not equate adult success. In one study of 210 highly gifted children, six became incredibly successful as adults.