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TIL there are 33,000+ PhD graduates receiving public aid in the United States.

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6EyK8 TIL Qian Xuesen was a Chinese scientist/colonel in the US army partially responsible for helping America go to space. But because of racism, he was deported to China. He was the father of Chinese rocketry and is one of the reasons why China is a world power today with ICBMS.
v1gRK TIL that Emily Davison, a brutish suffragette, stepped in front of the King’s horse at the 1913 Epson Derby and was killed. This shows that protestors have always stood in high traffic areas. There’s a video of it too. Emily Davison | British activist
jZgp TIL: If the sun was scaled to the size of basketball; Mercury would be the size of a grain of sand-33 feet away, Earth would be the size of a BB shot-86 feet away, Jupiter would be the size of a gumball-445 feet away, and the nearest star would be another basketball-5000 miles away!
oBkeL TIL that Stephen King's character Pennywise the Dancing Clown made his television debut in 1990 and the reboot (IT, 2017) took place exactly 27 years apart, which exactly follows the 27 year appearance cycle of Pennywise referenced in his book IT.
1aBAV TIL Listerine was invented in the nineteenth century as powerful surgical antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as both a floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea...