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TIL that the scientific method was revealed to René Descartes in a series of three dreams

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9gyX TIL that a piece of Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree was taken to space on a space shuttle mission to defy gravity
5VvYk TIL roly pollies (aka pill bugs or woodlouses) aren't insects but are instead crustaceans. They're closely related to lobsters and crabs, so they have gills that have adapted to extract oxygen from air instead of water.
WDeA TIL that a man named Ben Carpenter got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph.
BrB1D TIL the legendary cyclist Marco Pantani, with a resting heart rate of 34 BPM, had to wake up in the night and cycle on a stationary bike to make sure his heart rate didn't drop too low and cause a heart attack.
8eena TIL that Countess Magdalena "Nina" von Stauffenberg, wife of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (key player in the 20 July plot against Hitler in 1944) was a third cousin to the Duke of Edinburg, the late Prince Philip. She died in 2006.