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TIL one of the leaders of the Human Genome Project teaches a free, online MIT course of introductiry biological titled: The Secret of Life

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JYVW8 TIL Robert Altman earned only $70,000 for directing the 1970 film MAS*H, but his 14-year-old son earned over $1 million for writing the lyrics of its epic theme song.
yQRD8 TIL Maplewashing is a phenomenon that refers to the alleged tendency of Canadian governments, institutions, and media to perpetuate the notion that Canada is morally superior to other countries, thus sanitizing and concealing negative historical and contemporary actions.
16yOr TIL that Uppercase X is ASCII code for 88
LkY99 TIL that the metal from sunken WW2 ships is of great demand in the scientific and medical fields as they have no background radiation caused by nuclear testing which can interfere with test results.
ElO0 TIL that an English POW in WWI was granted permission to visit his dying mother and voluntarily returned a week later.