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x47D TIL J.R.R. Tolkien considered Samwise Gamgee to be the “true hero” of the Lord of the Rings
DQ4dg TIL Bruce Lee had his sweat glands removed from his armpits because he thought sweating there looked bad on camera, and this might have been a factor in his death several months later
nWV0d TIL pilot callsigns are assigned to you by your "buddies", inspired from something stupid you did/say, your name, or your physical appearance. e.g. "Rat" for someone short and ugly; "Alphabet" if your name is too long; "Caveman" if you enjoyed survival training too much.
LkxMP TIL that heroin was used as a painkiller for kids
p8NvA TIL about HERA, a telescope searching for the oldest stars in the universe, from a period known as the Cosmic Dark Ages. And it is built from stuff you could buy at any local hardware store. "This is the beauty of low frequency radio astronomy: one doesn’t need custom, expensive hardware."