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TIL that 70% isopropyl alcohol is more effective than higher concentrations

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M7JXb TIL of the Affair of the Dancing Lamas, where a filmmaker got in trouble with Tibetan authorities after they got offended at Tibetan lamas promoting his documentary with dances. It’s cited as a reason for Tibet receiving less reforms and why it was less prepared for the Chinese invasion of 1950.
E41x TIL a Polish soldier willing sent himself to Auschwitz in WWII to investigate the concentration camp. He’s the reason the allies were aware of the camps activities. And organized an “in-camp resistance”
joQM TIL the potato chip was believed to have originated in 1853 when a chef had his fried potatoes sent back by an annoyed customer multiple times because the potatoes were “too thick”. He was fed up, cut the potatoes razor thin, and put extra salt on them. The customer, to his surprise, loved it.
jQPQ TIL that the South Park team begins episode production only a week before the air date, including script writing. Sometimes they even send the episode over just a few hours before it airs.
Ogw6 TIL Hitler didn’t officially become a German citizen until 1932, a year before he would become Chancellor