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TIL that the man who disproved the theory that cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis won a Nobel prize for it.

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gB99 TIL Khadijah Williams, homeless girl went to Harvard. She attended 12 schools in 12 years; lived out of garbage bags among pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers. She was accepted to more than 20 universities before choosing Harvard.
E1VX0 TIL what the hand signs Jesus Is making in old religious actually stand for
1aBXO TIL about the Delaware Aqueduct. It is a 70 year old, 80 mile long man made aqueduct that connects NYC to clean water. It has been leaking since the '90s and they are having a hard time fixing it because the only thing keeping it from collapsing is positive pressure from the water.
W41L TIL that there is a theory that there is only one electron in the universe.
LQVyV TIL in 1944 a bunch of prisoners decided to revolt at Auschwitz by blowing up the crematorium and gas chambers. They were able to destroy one gas chamber and several crematoria, injuring and killing several SS guards. Ultimately, the revolt was unsuccessful and all were caught and executed.