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TIL that the guy who invented disc golf had his ashes turned into frisbees after he died…

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6EYLJ TIL that during WWII, French-Moroccan soldiers kidnapped, defiled and/or killed 2,000 - 60,000 Italian female civilians in what is considered one of the worst war crimes of the war
xlwo TIL that Venus’ rotation is slowing down at a shocking rate: 6.5 minutes slower over the last 16 years.
l7505 TIL AA is more effective for becoming and maintaining sobriety than other interventions or no intervention at all
m1OmM TIL people who have their lens surgicallly removed are able to see UV light
p8RRG TIL in 1951, Natalie Carbone Mangini became the first female scientist at Westinghouse. They meant to hire a man but they misread her resume and gave her an interview when she showed up. As a radiochemist, she worked on the world's first full-scale atomic reactor and the first nuclear submarine.