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TIL Jesuit priest Angelo Secchi was a pioneer in astrophysics. He was the first to make systematic use of spectroscopy in stellar classification and proved that solar prominences viewed during an eclipse are features belonging to the Sun

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R7dYa TIL That the Nazi and "Angel of Death" Josef Mengele's skeleton is used as an educational aid for forensic medicine courses at the University of Sao Paulo's medical school
xVXg TIL That there are Doctor Who easter eggs in Rugrats (and it is also widly speculated Tommy is based off the Doctor).
5Vwa9 TIL that a BMI of 23 for a South Asian is equivalent to 30 (obese) in a White European for risk of diabetes.
KOJkJ TIL that $2 bills rarity aren't due to lack of production, but because they are not widely circulated and are frequently hoarded
D10YV TIL Saudi Arabia accidentally printed a school textbook with a picture of Yoda (from Star Wars) sitting next to King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is not known how Yoda ended up in the textbook.