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TIL that John Lennon’s mother was killed by an off duty police officer who was never charged

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PmVJ TIL that Manhattan Project mathematician Richard Hamming was asked to check arithmetic by a fellow researcher. Richard Hamming planned to give it to a subordinate until he realized it was a set of calculations to see if the nuclear detonation would ignite the entire Earth’s atmosphere.
l7epV Today I learned that discords logo is supposed to be a controller
7mjL TIL 99.7% of Japanese court cases result in conviction
DQolY TIL that 1 in 1,000 males are born with Hypospadias
VZvm TIL “Suicide” doors, which are hinged at the rear rather than at the front, were popular with mobsters during the 1930s. Supposedly, this was because the design of the doors made it significantly easier to push passengers out of moving vehicles.