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TIL each element on the Periodic Table corresponds to one solution of the main equation in the field of quantum mechanics & that the entire field of chemistry emerged from that single equation.

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PY6PV TIL In the '71 film, The Andromeda Strain, in order to film the sequence in which a monkey was 'killed', an airtight set was created into which carbon monoxide was pumped, forcing the monkey to suffocate. Then, a waiting veterinarian rushed on the set and treated it with oxygen.
MeyrK TIL that in 1985 France bombed and sank a Greenpeace ship called the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand using secret agents under the codename "Opération Satanique"
P1pwJ TIL one of the earliest medical descriptions of a phobia was by Hippocrates (460 - 370BC) who recounted a man named Nicanor who apparently suffered from a fear of flute music.
Wk1Bo TIL it would take at least 500 survivors to repopulate the earth (without creating major issues because of inbreeding) after an apocalypse
LQlkQ TIL famous baseball player Arthur Irwin committed suicide by jumping off a ship in 1921. When he died, two widows emerged. He had been living a double life and was married two different women in different cities.