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TIL that US and UK were reluctant to release info about the Holocaust, as they felt that the extreme stories would undermine the credibility of both governments. US also didn't want to turn the war into being about Jews, as antisemitism was quite common in US at the time.

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KWyw TIL In 1977 a Chinese woman with no medical degree anonymously found a malaria cure. 38 years later, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine.
DQpoj TIL in 1966, the Doors’ were lacking material, and so Jim Morrison asked the other band members to write a song. That same night, guitarist Robby Krieger wrote a song and titled it “Light My Fire.” It became their first ever hit, spent 3 weeks at #1 on Billboard, and launched the band to stardom.
rRvwd TIL Nancy Grace Roman: called ‘The Mother of Hubble’ telescope program. NASA's 1st chief astronomer. She paved the way in taking Hubble Space Telescope from an idea to reality. Her interest to astronomy was sparked because of her walks with her mom who would show her constellation and auroras.
5VWVp TIL A heat wave and heat dome are not the same. A heat wave is a prolonged period of abnormally warm weather. However, a heat dome occurs when a high pressure system stalls, trapping a huge mass of hot air underneath. It's like a lid on a pot, trapping the hot air and preventing it from escaping
LQxW0 TIL landscape was sacred for Hittites: "No one violates a boundary or road, for boundaries are the knees of the Storm-god and a road is his chest. If someone violates a boundary, he makes the Storm-god weary in his knees, if someone violates a road, he makes the Storm-god weary in his chest."