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Today I learned that while some Harvard students struggle with Baby Rudin, Chinese E-girls stream tutorials online.

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8eO18 TIL in 1890 Anna Lea Merritt painted “Love Locked Out” to mourn her husband who died 3 months after their wedding. She said: “I feared people saw forbidden love, while my Love waited for the door of death to open and reunite us.” First painting by a woman in Britain’s national collection.
xdVk TIL Mike Myers loosely based his Dr. Evil character on his former SNL boss Lorne Micheals. Dr. Evil’s phrase “throw me a frickin’ bone here, people,” was supposedly something Michaels said many times at script meetings for SNL.
D18vD TIL that The smell of fresh-cut grass is a signal of distress.
gr1e4 TIL Neil Armstrong completed almost all required coursework towards a master's degree when he joined NASA in early 1960s. A semester short, he returned to USC after his moon landing in 1970 to give a one-hour seminar on the technical aspects of landing Apollo's lunar module to receive his Masters
J1Rbv TIL about Bison Dele. Bison was on the 1996-97 Bulls championship roster. He then signed a 7 year 45 million dollar contact with the Pistons, but retired 2 years later. He wanted to sail with his girlfriend, but was murder by his brother. His body has never been found.