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e0aln TIL In 1955 GE scientist Tracy Hall manufactured the first Synthetic Diamonds that are widely used today in many industrial applications; for compensation, he was given a $10 savings bond.
gJ8A TIL that Tsutomo Yamaguchi (the man who survived both atom bombs) traveled 180 miles home to return to work despite his intense injuries from the first bomb. When he arrived at work his boss didn’t believe that one bomb destroyed all of Hiroshima. Then the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
00Oj TIL British eggs are illegal in the US for being “unwashed” and American eggs are illegal in the UK for being “washed”