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TIL about Poles of inaccessibility.

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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.
4Xlpg TIL musician Jim Croce and others died apparently due to a lazy pilot. An investigation showed the plane crashed after clipping a tree at the end of the runway. The pilot had not gained sufficient altitude to clear the tree and had not tried to avoid it, even though it was the only tree in the area.
xaob TIL there is a reason why our idiot bosses keep getting promoted. It’s called the Peter Principle and is a scientifically verified phenomenon.
ADrlo TIL there is a sculpture meant to depict an astronaut in spacesuit on the Moon. It was commissioned and placed on the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15 to commemorate the astronauts and cosmonauts who have died in the advancement of space exploration.
JYY1v TIL that in 2013 four female prison guards were all found to have been impregnated by the same inmate.