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TIL Dr Stephen Hawking has joined the international boycott against Israel and refuses to meet with Israeli academics there.

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yQk6V TIL that the famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday when he was asked by a photographer to smile for the camera. After smiling a dozen times for previous photos that day, he playfully stuck out his tongue instead.
D1jPe TIL that after the Panic of 1837, Richard Mentor Johnson, the incumbent Vice President, returned to his home state in Kentucky and opened a tavern and spa on his farm to offset his continued financial struggles.
GM15 TIL Walt Disney’s original vision for EPCOT was to build a constantly transforming, livable, planned community devoted to the happiness of its residents and that would solve many of the ills of city life. He called it the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT for short.
awxvZ TIL fire hydrants are color coded so fire fighters instantly know the pressure and water flow.
dmLK TIL the Apollo 13 astronauts probably hold the record for farthest distance from Earth traveled because of their modified flight trajectory due to the damage done to the Service Module of the spacecraft