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TIL That Sabrina Pasterski built an engine airplane at 14 y/o, at 16 became the youngest person ever to fly their own plane; she graduated MIT in 3 years with a 5.0 GPA and is now a 24 y/o harvard student getting a Ph.D. in high energy physics.

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awmnJ TIL about a church located on what was formerly highway 666 in Ontario that asked the Ministry of Transportation to change the highway number so as not to be located on the 'Highway to Hell'.
Oo4XR TIL the ManhattAnt is a unique species of ant found only in New York City. Biologists stumbled upon them in the Broadway medians at 63rd and 76th streets in 2010, and the biologists claim the ant species does not match any of the 13,000 known species. The ants subsist on a diet high in corn syrup.
wLWZY TIL that dogs shed in the fall; the older hair is pushed out so that their new winter-resistant undercoat can grow in, and the shedding process is progressive - so the dog hair on my clothes and on my floor and in my mouth is only a moderate amount compared with what's to come.
0wWLA TIL of the Mannanafnanefnd. A committee in Iceland that determines whether a name is suitable for integration into the Icelandic language. New names are considered based on compatibility with Icelandic tradition and the likelihood that it might cause the bearer embarrassment
NrmM TIL a 67-year-old lived his entire life stereoblind, or unable to properly experience depth perception, until he went to a theater and saw Hugo in 3D. He was blown away by the experience of depth during the movie, and afterward the ability stayed, curing him of his condition.