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TIL NASA scientists created a nanoscale vacuum tube that can potentially replace silicon transistors in future electronics

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GAZXj TIL that in the 1970s, the CIA used a robotic cat named "Acoustic Kitty" in an attempt to spy on the Soviets
Y7xLx TIL that a full reproduction of the Sistine Chapel ceiling is in a small town in Sussex and that it was hand painted by a sign-painter who never went to art school
oRexY TIL The term “Romance languages” has nothing to do with being languages of love, but rather because they all descend from the same parent language- Latin, the language of the Romans. The English term “romance” descends from the French word for a particular Latin dialect called Romanicus.
kJ6PW TIL of Harry Hopkins, FDR's closest confidant and right-hand man in World War II. In 1939, he suffered from stomach cancer and lost 75% of his stomach in an operation. Told that he had only four weeks to live, Hopkins suffered through poor health to work throughout World War II, and died in 1946.
E184w TIL that unlike in North America, eggs are not washed in the UK because the process removes a protective membrane that makes them require refrigeration.