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TIL Carl Sagan was one of Bill Nye’s professors at Cornell University.

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9jwr TIL that a cat once co-authored a physics paper. In 1975, a physicist had just finished writing a paper and was ready to publish but realized that he had used ‘we’ instead of 'I’ throughout, despite being the sole author. Not wanting to edit the paper, he listed his cat, Chester, as a co-author.
rNKQo TIL that Koko the gorilla had a nipple fixation. Former employees of Penny Patterson alleged that Penny would routinely show her nipples to Koko, and ask her employees to do the same. The case was settled out of court.
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0dYwN TIL that during Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to the Mesla Machine Company steel plant in Pittsburgh, a worker named Kenneth Jackey handed him a cigar. Khrushchev didn’t smoke and in return, gave Jackey his wristwatch. Later, Jackey had the watch appraised for insurance and was told it was worth only $14.
Xner TIL that the sons of Hitler’s nephew who fought for the US all agreed that they would never marry or have children in order to kill Hitler’s bloodline.