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TIL of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, which is larger than Mercury, has a liquid metal core, and is presumed to have more subsurface water than all of Earth's oceans combined

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JYAdV TIL the first photograph of DNA was taken as part of research by a woman, Rosalind Franklin. Unknown to her, and without her permission, it was shown to James Watson, who then with Francis Crick used what they learned from it to develop the double helix model for DNA, winning them the Nobel Prize.
mxBLo TIL Robin Williams funded a scholarship at his alma mater, Juilliard, that saw a full-ride given to a student every two years. One of the people who won the award was future Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, who became the first person from her family to go to college
4XLv6 TIL shortly after George H. W. Bush vomited and fainted at a meeting with the Japanese Prime minister in 1992, a man named James Edward Smith, called CNN posing as the president's physician claiming Bush had died. CNN was within seconds of publishing the story, but stopped the anchor mid sentence.
69E5l TIl that Burger King created a band named Coq Roq, recorded a 4 song LP, and planned a US tour that only fell apart because the Canadian singer had a criminal record
Z8404 TIL that the people behind the Thomas the Tank Engine TV series also created a similar but short-lived show titled 'TUGS', featuring tugboats and other watercraft. The show first aired in 1989 and only had 13 episodes in total.