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TIL about "Nanokids" organic compounds shaped like humans
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TIL The New Hampshire Astronomical Society donated over a dozen telescopes to local public libraries around the state so they can be put into circulation just like a book. Their 4.5-inch telescopes shows the Moon and deep sky objects in far more detail than common "beginners" telescopes
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TIL that F.D.R was directly responsible for founding The March of Dimes, which prompted the U.S. Government to place his image on the dime in 1946. The charity was started by friend of Roosevelt, Basil O'Conner to raise money for the Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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TIL In 1950, Sen. McCarthy claimed that communists have infiltrated the federal government. On being confronted by Sen. Tydings about these allegations, McCarthy’s staff retaliated by circulating a composite picture of Tydings with the then leader of the American Communist Party.
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TIL that originally celsius degrees were meant to be reversed with water boiling at zero degrees and freezing at 100
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TIL of Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns or gray towns, are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation, and violence.