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TIL that the lead author of the US government’s controversial report strongly recommending against prostate cancer screening is a female pediatrician.

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0dGPL TIL that Vanguard 1, an early US satellite, was the first practical use for solar panels. Leading us to all the solar power we utilize today.
LYLm TIL There was a 9 year gap between Jeffrey Dahmer’s first and second murders.
Y7e9r TIL Thermal paper, often used for printing receipts, contains a coating that changes color when heated, creating the printed text.
g5PA TIL when a German hacker stole the source code for Half Life 2, Gabe Newell tricked him in to thinking Valve wanted to hire him as an “in-house security auditor”. He was given plane tickets to the USA and was to be arrested on arrival by the FBI
loKlG TIL during World War 1 the Ottoman Empire rounded up and slaughtered over 1,500,000 Armenians living in their empire. This event was the basis for the creation of the word "Genocide".