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rRg0e TIL The Hindenburg, filled with 7 million cubic feet flammable Hydrogen gas, had a smokers' lounge
164mD TIL that Annie Jump Cannon manually classified more stars in a lifetime than anyone else in history, reaching a staggering 350,000 in total. She discovered 300 variable stars, five novas, and one spectroscopic binary, creating a bibliography that included about 200,000 references.
7Enr TIL that Queen guitarist Brian May developed hepatitis from a tainted needle in 1974, almost forcing him to have his arm amputated. He eventually regained his health in time to help his bandmates finish the album which contained their first megahit, “Killer Queen”.
awdOL TIL that some DSLR cameras can clean their sensors by themselves.
rdDy TIL that sleep deprived drivers cause accidents because of ‘microsleep’ episodes during which they lose consciousness for up to thirty seconds. Most people do not realize that they had a microsleep episode and think they were awake all along.