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TIL that Martine Rothblatt made millions by inventing satellite radio. When her daughter was diagnosed w/ pulmonary hypertension, she earned a PhD in bioethics & formed a biotech company that licensed drugs to treat her daughter’s illness from other companies, making them much more widely available

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8am08 TIL That the smallest volcano in the world its just 13 meters and its located in the middle of a city in Mexico
J18gk TIL singer-songwriter James Blunt was a captain during and in the aftermath of the Kosovo War in 1999
V7BD TIL rapper Rakim, universally considered one of the greatest rap lyricists ever, quit Dr. Dre’s record label because Dr. Dre wanted him to rap about things like “killing somebody”, while Rakim wanted to rap more about “bringing somebody to life”.
nwKo TIL the common garden snail can pass over the edge of razor blade without harm
gnVW TIL that, over time, an amount of petroleum equal to 80 Exxon Valdez oil-spills, 100 to 150 barrels/day, has naturally bubbled up through seeps into the ocean floor sediment off the coast of Santa Barbra, CA. It is still continuing as you read this.