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TIL ancient writers thought geese and ocean barnacles were the same creature

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voZB TIL that Hitler came to power in a democracy with a highly liberal constitution, and in part by using democratic freedoms to undermine and then destroy democracy itself.
d7nj TIL Einstein considered himself an agnostic, not an atheist: “You may call me an agnostic, but I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth.”
r9A0 TIL That in March Bill Gates offered a $100,000 grant through his foundation for a condom design that “significantly preserves or enhances pleasure” to encourgae more males to use condoms.
0d8B1 TIL the Minnesota Twins moved to Minneapolis one year after the Minneapolis Lakers left for LA. The Twins used the name of the state because they didn't want to alienate potential fans in St. Paul. At first, they were to be named the Twin Cities Twins, but MLB objected to that name.
g6WA TIL the US government seized $80 mil worth of gold coins in 2011 that a Pennsylvania middle class family found in their grandfather’s safe deposit box. The coins pre-dated the Great Depression and an order by then President Roosevelt that all gold was to be seized by the government.