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TIL Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the only professor at the University of Cincinatti that did not have a doctorate, although he earned his Master’s by giving a presentation on aspects of the Apollo 11 Mission

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8aZPa TIL that Cocaine, Nicotine and Caffeine all belong to a group of chemicals known as alkaloids that also includes quinine(a malaria drug), HHT(a leukemia drug) and Atropine(the toxic component in deadly nightshade). These chemicals tend to be basic but can also be neutral or even weakly acidic.
e0Vdg TIL that Schlitz was the number one beer in America in the early 1950s and then they started changing ingredients to cut costs. By 1975, consumers complained that the beer was forming "snot" in the can, and by 1981 the company folded.
Ejbx TIL of the Abilene paradox, where a group of people collectively agree to a decision that many (or all) of the group do not agree with individually but do it so they don’t “rock the boat” and cause conflict
O0RX TIL when Stanley Kubrick took over the production of Spartacus cinematographer Russell Metty complained to producers that Kubrick was taking over his job. Kubrick’s response was to tell him to sit there and do nothing. Metty complied, and was awarded the Academy Award for his cinematography.
ekJE TIL After becoming obsessed with roller coasters, Chris Sawyer created and coded RollerCoaster Tycoon entirely by himself in Assembly…arguably the most difficult programming language of all. For his efforts he received about $30 million of the estimated $180 million brought in by the game.