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TIL: Michael Scott from The Office has Histrionic Personality Disorder

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xpjo TIL that the world’s most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory is named the VLT, for Very Large Telescope
kOwM5 TIL Marie Curie was involved in a sex scandal when a newspaper published love letters between her and a former student of her deceased husband. Her lover later challenged the newspaper’s editors to a dual to defend Marie’s honor.
grK9X TIL that lemurs of the Indriidae family have feet so modified to grab onto and jump between trees that they can't properly walk on ground. Instead they must hop around like complete madmen.
R7wd8 TIL The FDA’s guidance documents for additives & plastic safety do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidances describe the Agency’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited.
DE4v TIL of Stefania Follini, an Italian interior designer recruited by NASA in ‘89 for an experiment in Circadian Rhythms, where she spent 4 months in underground isolation proving our bodies naturally fall into 28 and 48 hour days