TIL NASA used to employ women as human calculators and NASA had whole rooms devoted to them
Today I Learned@kbin.social – 2 points – 
youtube.com
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Today I Learned@kbin.social – 2 points – TIL that arguably the first comprehensive English dictionary was written by one dude over the course of seven years and that was THE dictionary for 70+ years
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TIL about the Puss Caterpillar, it may look harmless with its soft and furry appearance, but it conceals venomous spines that can cause excruciating pain upon contact that even morphine struggles to
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en.wikipedia.org
TIL that the average email produces about 4 grams of CO2, which can go up with attachments
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youtube.com
TIL that William Whipple, who signed the US Declaration of Independence, freed his slave after signing, saying, "I hope it will be the means of dispensing the blessings of Freedom to all the human rac
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en.wikipedia.org
TIL about Blanche Monnier, a French woman who was kept locked in a small room for 25 years after she tried marrying someone her mother didn't like. She laid there in her own excrement, starving, for o
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en.wikipedia.org
TIL that in industrialized countries, the most widespread contact allergy is to nickel, impacting 8-19% of adults and 8-10% of children, with women being 4-10 times more likely to be affected than men
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en.wikipedia.org
TIL During the 2000's, Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, and several other mega corporations had a mutual agreement not to hire each other's employees in order to keep salaries low. This led to a 400 mil c
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TIL city of Palm springs California would routinely burn down Black family homes to make room for shopping center redevelopments
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bbc.com
TIL about the Delisle temperature scale, where the scale increases as temperatures get colder and decreases as they get hotter. Absolute zero Kelvin is 559.73°De and the temperature of the sun is -810
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TIL Canadian researchers watched 'The Dr. Oz Show' and found that nearly 40% of the medical advice is not evidence-based, and 15% goes directly against evidence.
Today I Learned@kbin.social – 70 points – reliasmedia.com
TIL that a parrot named Willie alerted its owner, Megan Howard, when a toddler began to choke. Willie began screaming "mama, baby" while flapping its wings as the child turned blue, saving the girls l
Today I Learned@kbin.social – 106 points – telegraph.co.uk
TIL human bodies can incinerate and turn to ash and dust instantly during a rapid implosion
Cap@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social – 16 points – TIL How the CIA Infiltrated the World's Literature
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vice.com
TIL five Lithuanian soldiers were declared missing during training, thinking the search party's were part of the exercise they evaded detection for 24 hours.
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lrt.lt
TIL that Sigourney Weaver only earned $35,000 for Alien (1979) but got $1,000,000 and a share of the profits for Aliens (1986)
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TIL that there were 26 families of passengers on the Mayflower that are known to have left descendants; it is estimated that over 30 million people can trace their ancestry back to those 26 families o
Today I Learned@kbin.social – 21 points – aop.com
TIL the infamous 1/3 (Third Pounder) burger was relaunched as the 3/9 burger to overcome certain customers' thinking it was smaller than McDonald's 1/4 (Quarter Pounder) burger with the tagline "It's
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thrillist.com
TIL that producers of the 1980 STAR WARS Christmas music album replaced the lead singer for the track "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" with the 17 y/o kid who was sweeping floors at the studio, a
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en.wikipedia.org
TIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core.
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thebiologist.rsb.org.uk