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TIL The wife of Communist Romania’s leader (Elena Ceaușescu) was barely literate but was able to obtain a PhD in Chemistry from plagiarism.

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X4kD TIL The Empire State Building’s spire was originally meant as a dirigible docking station.
grVvL TIL that snakes have forked tongues that they use to smell by flicking them in the air and bringing chemicals to an organ called the Jacobson's gan, which smells the chemicals for the snake.
nWlWY TIL about the Comanche horse culture. They called them “God Dogs”. They became currency, transportation, means of warfare, food and more. They were so revered that when having intercouse with their wives, warriors would whinny like stallions.
mxknE TIL that since modern civilizations and languages likely won't exist 10,000 years from now, signs warning about nuclear waste (which will still be dangerous then) have to be designed to be understood by anyone, without the use of language. These tools include pictograms and hostile architecture.
aNDo TIL Newton’s flaming laser sword is a philosophical razor that states anything that cannot be settled by experiment is not worthy of debating.