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TIL The Inventor of the frontal lobotomy won a Nobel Prize in medicine

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E1lYw TIL of the theremin, an instrument played without any physical contact which was invented in 1920.
5YLA8 TIL when Devo were opening for Sun Ra, they decided to annoy the audience by playing a half-hour rendition of Jocko Homo. They kept repeating the "Are we not men? We are Devo!" line for about 25 minutes until people started fighting them to make them stop playing.
X8dD TIL about Hoda Sharaawi, founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union. She became famous when in 1923 she removed her veil in public, causing outrage with authorities.
KVyw TIL astronaut Scott Kelly will become even younger than his twin elder brother (also an astronaut) Mark Kelly (born 6 minutes before Scott), by three milliseconds after the completion of his one year mission on the ISS
kOlwd TIL Yoko Ono has more solo #1 singles in the US Dance charts than John Lennon has in the Pop/Rock category.