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TIL that a University of California physics professor wrote a mathematical proof paper to get out of a speeding ticket…and did!

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4Qm5 TIL 15 of the 19 hijackers of 9/11 were citizens of Saudi Arabia; the others were from the United Arab Emirates (2), Egypt and Lebanon
YpZR7 TIL that the @ symbol was chosen for the first electronic mail because the developer "was mostly looking for a symbol that wasn’t used much."
PYP9g TIL Lightning storms can make it rain diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter
69QEZ TIL: Over the course of 100 years, the amount of Black-owned farmland dropped by 90%, according to Data for Progress, due to higher rates of loan and credit denials, lack of legal and industry support and "outright acts of violence and intimidation."
MewLW TIL about the hooded pitohui, one of the only known birds to be toxic. We all know about poison dart frogs - this bird’s feathers contain one of the most potent neurotoxins known to science – here’s their story.