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b6Mvj TIL that for decades, radiotherapy patients had reported phenomena such as "flashes of bright or blue light" when receiving radiation for brain cancer. This was confirmed to be Cherenkov light being generated in the fluids of the eye by researchers in 2019.
A7XB TIL a 2005 FX docudrama (“Oil Storm”) portended a major hurricane hitting New Orleans causing citizens to take refugee in the Superdome and a resulting national increase in gas price… A scant three months before Katrina.
LQ7K9 TiL earwax can cause a cough
Vj8k TIL that Heath Ledger’s was the first actor to ever win an academy award for the portrayal of a character in a superhero movie.
j6R7n TIL A band called “I Am the World Trade Center” released their debut album “Out of the Loop” on July 17, 2001 approximately two months before the September 11 attacks, the 11th song on the album was titled “September”.