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TIL During the world war II, German saboteurs operating against Britain, designed chocolate bar bombs that were intended to be smuggled into Britain with the purpose of assassination.

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9wXE6 TIL the oldest people to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest were both from Japan. The oldest man was Yuichiro Miura, who reached the summit on 23 May 2013 at the age of 80y and 223d. The oldest woman was Tamae Watanabe, who reached the summit on 19 May 2012 at the age of 73y and 180d.
OwPg TIL that Sonny Bonno’s political legacy is the Copyright Extension Act of 1998 (derisively called the Mickey Mouse Protection Act), which extended copyright of creative works by an additional 20 years, and is referred to by many scholars as the most naked act of corporate greed in U.S. history.
x06o TIL in 1971 someone in Pennsylvania tried to sue Satan for having “threatened him, caused him misery, impeded his course in life, and generally precipitated his downfall.” The case was dismissed, partly because it couldn’t be shown that Satan lived in the court’s jurisdiction.
kWw7 TIL in Idaho, at least 12 children of faith healers have died as a result of medically-preventable conditions since 2011 but as of November 2014 no charges have been filed. Idaho’s religious exemption law describes prayer as a spiritual “treatment” that can act as a legal substitute for medical care
GkW1 TIL Seven naked women make up the moth’s skull featured on the poster of The Silence of the Lambs. The human recreation was inspired by a Salvador Dali portrait.