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TIL it might rain liquid neon on Jupiter and snow diamonds on Neptune

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x6lNw TIL Althea Gibson was appointed New Jersey's athletic commissioner in 1976. Gibson was the first woman in the country to hold such a position but resigned after one year due to a lack of autonomy in her role stating she did not wish to simply be a figurehead.
JDr1 TIL that doctors at Johns Hopkins University almost never confirm black lung in coal miners’ court hearings, leading to hundreds of cases where people suffering from black lung do not receive any benefits.
JY5jQ TIL Alcoholics Anonymous groups use "thirteenth stepping" as a pejorative term for approaching new members of the groups for dates.
0dMXM TIL that Vannevar Bush had envisioned the world wide web through his memex concept.
R5nm8 TIL about a hurricane in 1926 that directly hit metro Miami at high-end Category 4 strength. It is speculated that this hurricane contributed to an early start to the Great Depression in the state and would have cost more than $200 billion if it were to occur in modern times.