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TIL as a research student, Lawrence Bragg figured out how to use X-ray to study the atomic structure. His breakthrough discovery earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics at age 25.

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mprv TIL: CSPAN was created by the cable companies in 1979 as a free public service for all. Anyone could watch live our Congress doing their jobs. Now? C-SPAN requires verification of a cable or satellite subscription but hopes someday they can be free to the general public again.
VMxak TIL the outermost region of the Sun’s atmosphere, consisting of plasma (hot ionized gas), is called the “corona.” It has a temperature of approximately two million kelvins and an extremely low density. The corona continually varies in size and shape as it is affected by the Sun’s magnetic field.
x6Emk TIL The deadlist slave revolt in Amerian history was on August 21, 1831, when Nat Turner, believing he was called by God to lead African Americans out of slavery, lead a rebellion that killed between 55 and 65 White people, mostly women and children.
LQjPm TIL that In 2003, during Belgium's elections, an unexpected anomaly occurred: one candidate received 4,096 extra votes. Investigations revealed that a cosmic ray had likely struck the computer system, causing a bit flip—a phenomenon where a binary digit changes state, leading to computational error
kbjm TIL a possible origin of the name Cerberus (the multi-headed dog of the Greek god Hades) is the Proto-Indo-European word k̑érberos, meaning “spotted”. Hades’ dog might have literally been named “Spot”.