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QJepX TIL that Angela Morley, the first openly transgender woman to be nominated for an Academy Award, was John Williams’ primary orchestrator throughout the 1970s and 1980s. She helped write and arrange the scores for Star Wars, ET, The Empire Strikes Back, Home Alone, Superman, and Schindler’s List.
DQMoV TIL about James Harrison, the "Man with the Golden Arm," who donated blood over 1,100 times and helped save 2.5 million babies. His rare antibody was used to create Anti-D, a treatment that prevents a deadly newborn disease. After receiving a lifesaving transfusion at 14, he spent six decades giving
XEnPR TIL in the summer of 2018 a man who flunked the London paramedic exams managed to infiltrate the paramedics' internal computer system and pose as a qualified paramedic. As a result he managed to respond to over 100 emergency calls before he was caught.
vPYNx TIL that the technology for cleaner, healthier gas stoves has been around for decades. But appliance makers aren’t offering them because they don’t have the signature “blue flame”.
1arrP TIL: Major orange juice producers add chemical fragrances called "flavor packs" to their juice to provide the signature taste of their brand because OJ loses its flavor during pasteurization and de-oxygenation.