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TIL when doctors recommended Einstein surgery he refused surgery, saying: “I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.”

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VBAyk TIL The malacologist Alexander Fedoslov named the four sea slugs from the group Clavus which he discovered after his favorite rock & metal guitarists: Clavus davidgilmouri (Pink Floyd), Clavus andreolbrichi (Blind Guardian), Clavus kirkhammetti (Metallica) and Clavus brianmayi (Queen)!
LkEWd TIL Sears once sold homes though their catalogue. These kits would include everything the home would require, including plumbing, heating and wiring. Parts would arrive by train to the buyer, who would assemble it themselves. Many of these houses still stand today.
x65 Til that a mathematical equation exist that proves that human kindness is a genetic mutation.
drj7 TIL that around 1778, fashionable Parisian women rarely went out in potentially stormy weather without lightning rods attached to their hats–an artist sketched this hat-lightening-rod contraption (looks like a long drooping chain hanging off the hat, rather than an upright antenna).
rRw6W TIL: The death toll due to 9/11 continues to rise. Cases of "life-threatening illnesses such as mesothelioma and asbestosis" are being newly reported years after the incident, as victims in the vicinity were covered in dust from the World Trade Center, which was created using asbestos