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TIL: That Serial Killer Richard Ramirez was born on February 29

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PYLJ TIL during the Chernobyl, three engineers volunteered to dive into a pool of radioactive hydrogen peroxide with no working flashlights and open a pipe to stop the reactor from exploding. They succeeded.
jN1rE TIL that John Rockefeller, “provided major funding for Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary in Atlanta for African-American women, which became Spelman College.”, was an ardent abolitionist, and donated in total $550 million of his 1910 dollars to universities, sciences, arts, and churches.
Lj8v TIL that the “Kentucky meat shower” was an incident in 1876 where flakes of red meat (identified as lung tissue from horse or human infant) fell from the sky for several minutes. Theories include vulture vomit or a type of bacteria called nostoc.
e0J1k TIL about Auto-brewery Syndrome, caused when ethanol is produced through endogenous fermentation in the gastrointestinal system. Patients can present many of the signs of alcohol intoxication and have sometimes been accused of DWI without having consumed any alcohol.
X7XR TIL that you shouldn’t wish a Jewish person a happy Yom Kippur because it is a day for atonement, not joy. You should wish them “an easy fast” instead.