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TIL renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright's houses were famously leaky.

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v1gl4 TIL Jesse Brown, the first USN black aviator, was killed after his F4U Corsair was hit by Chinese fire and crashed near Chosin Reservoir on 12/4/1950. His wingman, Thomas Hudner, purposely crashed his plane to try & save him and in doing so, was the only USN pilot in the Korean War to receive a MOH.
WkpXd TIL that in 2006, Illinois declared that Pluto was given planetary status but only while it passed over the state skies.
pYeYG TIL that Barry Marshall drank a broth of cultured H. pylori to prove that the bacteria caused stomach ulcers. Expecting to develop ulcers years down the road, he instead developed symptoms in three days; within two weeks, he needed antibiotics due to the bacterial colonization and inflammation.
PY70e TIL that Ceres, the largest asteroid ever discovered, is also classified as a dwarf planet.
4rnJ TIL John Lennon loved the B-52’s and their hit “Rock Lobster”