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TIL That the guy who invented the lobotomy traveled across America in his ‘lobotomobile’ performing ice pick lobotomies!

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GAv8G TIL sci fi author Jack Williamson coined the terms terraforming (1942), psionics (1952), and was one of the first people to use the term genetic engineering.
kOgZB Til about chana, a family of 180 members(and counting) which holds the record as the 'world's largest existing family'. Its head ziona has 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.
5YREp TIL on May 6 2010 the US Stock Market had its single largest drop in its 110 year history, with the Dow Jones plunging nearly 1000 points and the market losing over $1,000,000,000,000 dollars. It recovered 36 minutes later.
5YxLR TIL that Neem oil is a common pesticide that works by interrupting the reproductive cycle of insects when ingested. It affects the hormonal system of the insect, causing it to forget to eat and stop molting, mating, and laying eggs. And is 100% non toxic to humans.
W7Vyd TIL Every second the Sun becomes lighter by 4 million tons. A mass equal to Earth's burns up in 50,000 years. However, even with such extravagance, the Sun will fade out in at least 5 billion years.