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It is estimated that 100,000 people alive today are descendants of Jews saved during the Second World War through visas issued secretly by Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese vice-consul in Lithuania. https://t.co/7ikqWR5Ds7

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In theory, if you put a mirror half a light year away from Earth then looked at it from Earth, you could see a year into the past

Alan Turing used to chain his favourite mug to a radiator to stop it from being stolen.

Word of the day: BANDSALAT n. the German word for tangled cassette tape (literally 'tape salad'). https://t.co/FLDdPtTa7V

Poor upside-down snowman is having a rough day https://t.co/BpmzwZ7d50

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A country is considered the more civilised the more the wisdom and efficiency of its laws hinder a weak man from becoming too weak and a powerful one too powerful. PRIMO LEVI

When Finnish computer programmer Jerry Jalava lost a finger he replaced it with a memory stick.

Hello universe, I'd like to report a bug in your physics engine please. 🤯 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9nNK2 🎥 mattlasher5 / TikTok #engineering https://t.co/3N7kilQxoU

Until the 1955 movie starring Marilyn Monroe, the ‘seven year itch’ was a name for the contagious skin rash called scabies.

Harvard University’s museums contain body parts taken from approximately 22,000 individual human beings. (h/t @elasmophile)

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What did Marie Antoinette keep in her muff? Watch the clip to find out, and don't forget to subscribe! https://t.co/vy9KxU2yto

Hot steel rolling mill in India. Looks like a supernatural cobra. 😮 Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9Fp8C 🎥 zakuria44 / reddit #engineering https://t.co/MTzoWEUBlf