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TIL that the musician Lenny Kravitz is named after his uncle who was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for his actions during the Korean War

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1Gj8 TIL That an asteroid is on course to pass in between the earth in the moon and has a chance to hit satellites and possibly even Earth itself in February 2013
d8Kk7 TIL Anthony Perkins (Norman Bates in "Psycho"), discovered he was HIV positive after reading an article by the National Enquirer claiming he was. It's suspected someone illegally obtained his blood samples and had them tested for the virus, leaking the news to the tabloids.
JYGbk TIL there's a traditional "postpartum confinement" period of about 1 month for women to recover after giving birth, and in Asia there's now specialized luxury resort centers that charge thousands of dollars to take care of both the mom and baby for the entire period.
P1a4G TIL there is an egg-shaped dwarf planet called Haumea in our Solar System - its shape its due to incredibly fast rotation and it even has two moons.
mx6AR TIL The recorder was a very serious instrument in the Renaissance, Baroque periods, and reached its zenith in the Baroque. But it was overcome by the needs of louder orchestras, and so the transverse flute [held sideways] became the instrument of choice