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ep4Mn TIL that on April 29, 1945, one day before his death, Hitler had doubts about the cyanide capsules he had received. To verify the capsules' potency, Hitler ordered Dr. Werner Haase to test one on Blondi, Hitler's dog, who died as a result.
PYp6n Today I learned about Lychrel numbers. A Lychrel number is a natural number that cannot form a palindrome through the iterative process of repeatedly reversing its digits and adding the resulting numbers. For example 57+75 = 132, 132+231 = 363, a palindrome. There is no known sequence for 196
8aVnL TIL light doesn't always travel at the speed of light and has been recorded as slow as 38 m.p.h. (17 meters per second)
r0RW TIL in response to rising chlamydia rates in Norway, a sex education charity hired a 19-yo student to wear a giant penis costume and squirt people with golden confetti - “If I can do a good thing for others, just by being a dick, there is nothing better…”
7rbd7 TIL books about how to reduce plastic waste were individually shrink-wrapped in single-use plastic by a US distributor. UK author Martin Dorey said: "We worked with the printer to make it one of the most environmentally friendly books this year. And then this."