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TIL about Folding@Home and Project 11747

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W7OPX TIL that shortly before artist Keith Haring died, he formed a charitable foundation that now owns all of his copyrights. The money from licensing his work goes to underprivileged children and AIDS-related charities.
OMDR TIL “Magic eraser” cleaning products do not use any chemicals to clean hard-to-remove marks, but instead act as extremely fine sandpaper.
kO0D5 TIL there are numerous orca ecotypes spread across the globe. They don’t breed with other ecotypes and seldom interact with them.
woKGo TIL: France still doesn't recognise North Korea, along with Japan and South Korea.
awxGy TIL that the first ever east-west transatlantic flight (1919) included two stowaways, a rejected crew member named Will Ballantyne and a tabby kitten named "Whoopsie"