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TIL that Marie Curie’s notes are still radioactive and researchers must wear protective clothing and sign a disclaimer before viewing them

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GGL7 TIL that even in today’s sitcoms, a large percentage of the people in the laugh-track have since passed away. Meaning that we watch comedies marked by the laughter of dead people.
Xk7Q TIL that in the 1800s gay men in London made up an entire slang language so they could communicate in public without fear of being arrested.
m159R TIL: This year the NFL has banned gene doping, players cannot modify their DNA to enhance performances
awa09 TIL The Lord of the Rings films originally would have been released by Disney via Miramax but they chose not to fund it due to costs. They let New Line Cinema have it on the condition they pay $10M in "turnaround" costs. The LOTR trilogy will later on gross over $2.9B at the global box office.
VBALQ TIL that — through the lens of modern data analytics — a simple voice recording can yield thousands of speech parameters that may reveal a user’s biometric identity, body shape, personality traits, mental & physical health, emotions, drug habits, geographical origin, and socioeconomic status.