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TIL that Hollywood actress Merle Oberon was an Anglo-India born Mumbai, making her the first South Asian ever to be nominated for an Oscar

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X0PE TIL most new Apple and Android devices have built in magnometers (metal detectors). These are primarily for the built in compass, but can also help find metal things in the grass.
yQoYM TIL of Low Background Steel, steel produced in pre-nuclear ages, which is the only kind of steel that works for various medical and scientifical equipment, since the post-nuclear steel is contaminated by radiation.
jNMPR TIL that Schizophrenic deaf people do not hear voices. They see disembodied hands signing to them.
rRPxw TIL NASA's longest serving female employee since January 1958, Sue Finley, has been an engineer and programmer for space missions since Explorer 1, for missions to the Moon, Sun, all the planets and many other solar system bodies, and recipient of NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal.
VPa8 TIL the eyes of a mantis shrimp carry 16 types of color receptive cones, humans only have 3 types (RGB).