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TIL scientists have figured out how to make wood that is stronger and tougher than steel alloys

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OoVLR TIL that in Finland, doctoral candidates who receive a PhD also receive a top hat and a sword
ADRkn TIL In 2015, Tu Youyou became the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize, for helping to create an anti-malaria medicine. In China, she is being called the "three noes" winner: no medical degree, no doctorate, and she's never worked overseas
GO7N TIL that having held military positions that required him to be, in his own words, “tough” and “mean”, “the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, etc.”, Bob Ross decided that if he ever left the military, he would never scream again.
J1M6j TIL that Warwick Davis currently holds the record for the highest average gross revenue for any movie he has had a part in with an average of $623,573,404 over 24 films.
wLNKE TIL about Loving Day, June 12th; the day that Mildred and Richard Loving finally won their case against Virginia in the US Supreme Court in 1967, legalizing interracial marriage in the US.