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TIL That John F Kennedy’s sister Rosemary Kennedy, who allegedly had a low IQ, was secretly lobotomized by her father and left permanently disabled, living for another 63 years hidden from the public

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awLLN TIL that a American Airlines DC-10 in 1972 had it's cargo door ripped off and caused the floor of the plane to collapse. The crew guided the plane to safety.
jDeR TIL That Optical tweezers exist and are capable of holding single molecules for study
rNmdW TIL after fighting in WWI, A. A. Milne had PTSD so severe, he was reminded of whizzing bullets by buzzing bees, and cannons firing by balloons popping. Wanting a lighthearted distraction and a way to explain to his son the difficulties of war, he wrote Winnie the Pooh stories as his way of doing so.
oBKW TIL Rage Against The Machine’s first album has such a high level of production that it is used to test speakers and other audio equipment
bmkE TIL a French mountaineer found a 47-year-old treasure at Mont Blanc worth $341,300 and returned it because he “didn’t want to keep something that belonged to someone who’d died.”