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TIL that Lucille Ball had to testify before the House Committee because she was suspected of being communist. This was during the height of McCarthyism.

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VMDMp TIL that birds' navigational abilities may result from quantum mechanics. This theory suggests that the entanglement of 2 electrons on molecules in their eyes helps them detect Earth's magnetic field
d0Zr TIL that the writer of Tomb Raider and Mirror’s Edge is Rhianna Pratchett, Terry Pratchett’s daughter. She also contribute to Bioshock Infinite.
OGOra TIL that Albert Einstein’s Nobel Prize money was given to his ex-wife, Mileva Marić, as part of their divorce settlement, years before he actually won the prize.
grg6b TIL that from 2003 to 2005, two people conducted an elaborate prank on a man named Kolin Pope, making him think that the was the savior of the world and culminating in an elaborate rock opera about his life
bej9 TIL Kowloon Walled City once existed in Hong Kong with an estimated population density of 3,250,000 people per square mile. No laws or rules governed the city and had the highest rates of prostitution, gambling, and drug use. Video documentary in comments.