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TIL that many public libraries in the US participate in Inter Library Loan (ILL). That means you have access to virtually any book, journal,magazine or dvd held by any library in the country

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4kpW6 TIL Albrecht Unsöld studied the star Tau Scorpii and discovered its surface temperature of 32,730 K, creating the first detailed analysis of a star other than the Sun. During the Nazi period, Unsöld stayed in Germany and was drafted as a meteorologist
510B TIL that “Reddit” in latin means “To repeat”.
yVN9l TIL that the Ancient greek believed that a good-looking man is an indicator of his inner goodness while a woman's outer beauty is a reflection of her inner evilness. "She was evil because she was beautiful, and beautiful because she was evil"
9YOLM TIL that in the US the Rod of Asclepius, symbol of the deity associated with healing and medicine, is often confused with the staff of the god Hermes, the caduceus.
v1G8j TIL that Christian Bale, who has a British accent, did all of his promotional interviews for Batman Begins in an American accent because he felt Batman was "such an American character" and he did not want audiences asking "What the hell is going on? Why do we have an English Batman?"