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TIL of Rosalind Franklin, a X-ray crystallographer whose discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA went uncredited for years is now beginning to finally get her due credit.

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J1KlB TIL Hawaiian pizza isn't Italian or American, but was invented by a Greek-born Canadian (Sam Panopoulos) inspired by Chinese sweet and sour flavours.
xVxO0 TIL the Yakuza (Japanese mafia) are known for handing out candy to neighborhood kids on Halloween, but were banned from doing so in 2020. Normally they dress up their headquarters and wear costumes.
nWNQd TIL about the Gilmi Glider incident, in which passenger plane Air Canada flight 143 ran out of fuel mid-flight due to a series of failures - including two broken fuel indication systems, a confusion between pounds and kilos, and a technician accidentally undoing a repair to the fuel systems.
X0o1P TIL that many species of spiders can fly through the air with a technique called ballooning
D1gjJ TIL a man living near The Gap cliffs in Sydney, Australia helped save over 160 people trying to commit suicide by just talking with them and inviting them into his home for tea over a 45 year time period.