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TIL that Washington’s first love was the wife of one of his best friends

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6EpVw TIL Gray goo is a hypothetical global catastrophic scenario involving molecular nanotechnology in which out-of-control self-replicating machines consume all biomass on Earth while building more of themselves
rRx9x TIL: In 1870, the voters of the Dominican Republic voted to become part of the United States. 99% of voters supported the measure, but when the annexation was brought before the U.S. Senate, the vote was split 28/28 and the measure failed.
69Gl8 TIL Today I learned a Phd. in Chemistry is worthless to UCLA but they will hire a professor to teach for FREEE. Literally NO COMPENSATION for a Phd professor. I wonder if tuition is now free for students, since chemistry degrees seem worthless, at least to UCLA.
vP4oK TIL that women’s susceptibility to motion sickness increases or decreases depending on the day of the menstrual cycle
BrMb TIL A drug called DCA has been shown to work in a small clinical trial on brain cancer patients. Drug companies won’t invest in it as it is unpatentable and therefore unprofitable. Entrepreneurs banned from selling it in the US