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TIL a key aerospace scientist in the U.S. named Qian Xue Shen, was forced to return to China during the Red Scare, where he founded the Chinese space and missile programs.

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mv9E TIL ‘affirmative action’ in the US is known as 'positive discrimination’ in the UK.
Zr94 TIL that Buckethead, the guitar virtuoso, has released TWO HUNDRED AND NINTEY SEVEN full studio albums and 171 under aliases and with other bands. In 2015 after the death of his parents he released an average of 1 studio album every 3 days.
nPwW TIL that X% chance of rain doesn’t mean there is a X% probability it will rain. It means you’ll definitely get rain over X% of your geographical area.
eoa5 TIL in a 2014 study of 3,000 married couples, Emory University discovered that couples who spent more than $20K on their wedding are roughly 46% more likely to get divorced than couples who spent $5-10K.
a8LNJ TIL about Nushawn Williams, a New York City man who, despite knowing he was HIV positive, claimed to have had unprotected sex with 200-300 women and spread the virus to at least 16 people. He was sentenced in 1999 to 4–12 years in prison, but has remained in involuntary civil commitment since 2010.