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TIL that Aldous Huxley was George Orwell’s French teacher

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x69Eg TIL the town of Lincoln, Illinois was named after Abraham Lincoln eight years before he became president. He was the attorney for the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad that led to its founding.
D15Og TIL that there is a collection of hundreds of preserved diseased brains along with photographs of patients in the sub-basement of Yale Medical School that is free and open to the public. The collection was started by the first neurosurgeon to successfully remove a brain tumor - Dr. Harvey Cushing.
pYrR4 TIL A 30-ton shipment of explosive chemicals traveling from Wyoming to California by rail just up and disappeared. Kinda freaked me out.
DQOZg TIL Sir Ridley Scott was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for his contributions to British cinema and, in 2024, was appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III, the highest rank of knighthood.
XybE TIL that astronaut Alan Shepard peed himself minutes before becoming the first American in space.