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TIL that Mary Anning, a poor woman in 1800s England with no formal education, discovered the first complete ichthyosaur skeleton and helped start modern paleontology—but never received proper credit during her lifetime because of her gender and class.

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K11J TIL of Jean Hilliard, a woman found frozen solid 1980, who survived and made a full recovery.
WEw8 TIL a father and his autistic son were stranded in the Atlantic ocean. They repeated “To infiniti and beyond” to keep track of each other for 15 hours before being rescued.
8emeK TIL the mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope are so smooth that if you stretched out the mirror to the size of the U.S., the largest bump would be no more than 2 inches
4XbBa TIL That The Very First Kermit The Frog Puppet Was Made Of An Old Green Coat Creator Jim Henson's Mother Owned, And A Ping Pong Ball Cut In Half.
P1n5E TIL that staring at the mirror for a few minutes in light illumination can cause hallucinations. Tried and experienced it myself as well