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TIL the scientist, Clair Patterson, who helped develop the atomic bomb, also saved humanity by stopping the use of Leaded Gasoline.

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78LbM Til in 2000, a convicted murderer on death row's execution was denied because he was "too fat to hang"
b9W4Q TIL: Lady Dai, death in 163 BC, considered the best preserved mummy in the world. Upon discovery she still had moist, soft skin, movable limbs, intact organs and veins with still small amounts of type A blood in them, distinct finger prints and more!
oR49L TIL the opening notes from the Mission Impossible theme song are Morse Code for "MI". BAH BAH (two dashes, M) da da (two dots, I)
epOYE TIL that the "Dead Sea Scrolls" were discovered in the 1940s, a set of ancient scripts written by an independent Jewish sect called the Essences
KDZa TIL that as of 2010 the estimated cost of the International Space Station is $150 billion and is arguably the single most expensive item ever constructed.