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TIL Raghavasimhan Sankaranarayanan, a PhD student at Georgia Tech created Hathaani - a robotic violinist designed to play Carnatic music

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e0OPJ TIL That theologian and hobby paleontologist William Buckland, famous for writing the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, ate the heart of King Luis XIV
ovWA TIL Kari Byron was working for Jamie Hyneman’s company when on her first day was asked to model her butt for a 3D scan, landing her role on Mythbusters
5V5jr TIL about Hadara, The Ostrich Boy. He got separated from his parents when he was 2 year-old in the Sahara desert, where he was adopted and raised by Ostriches until he was rescued 10 years later.
PYpkJ TIL the hat worn by Indiana Jones was bought from 'Herbert Johnson' in London. The store still exists today and sells the exact same hat, now called the 'Raiders Rabbit Poet' for £365 ($460)
Ypkxr TIL the first female doctor in Britain spent 56 years disguised as Dr. James Barry; a male Royal British Army surgeon. She was the first person to perform a successful C-section in British history and her true identity was only discovered after she rose to the rank of “Inspector General.”