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TIL in 1954 while riding a rocket sled John Stapp voluntarily submitted himself to 46.2 g and survived

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BrNVK TIL physicist Leon Lederman wrote a book about the Higgs Boson he called "The Goddamn Particle" but his publisher didn't like it and shortened it to "The God Particle", and the nickname stuck
rN5L4 TIL of Dr. Albert Kligman, a dermatologist who experimented on inmates at the Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia. He exposed inmates to pathogens and chemical warfare agents. The prison became known as the Terrordome.
X01BP TIL that from 1991 until 2019, women were not allowed to wear trousers in Sudan.
PYJwe TIL of the graffiti symbol "Kilroy Was Here" that was left all throughout World War II as a way of keeping soldiers spirits up
m1axO TIL: The original Roman calendar had only 10 months, starting in March and ending in December, with no winter months. We still see traces of it today: September (7th month), October, November, and December (10th) reflect their original positions before January and February were added later.