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TIL Jame Watson (co-discoverer of DNA) decided to auction off his Nobel prize medal in view of his diminished income, for US$4.1 million. The medal was subsequently returned to Watson by the purchaser, Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov.

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9YEgX TIL of Project Stormfury. Ran by the US government in 1962, it was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft near the eye walls, and “seeding” them with silver iodide in hopes to freezing their inner structures. The project was a failure, and ended in 1983.
R7rv8 TIL that some physical expressions are hardwired into our genes. A study have observed that blind athletes (and blind kids) use the victory gesture (raising hands) after wining even though they have never seen anyone else do it.
kJBJ5 TIL London City Airport isn't British owned. It is owned by Alberta and Ontario, Canada, and the Royal Family of Kuwait.
YpvmA TIL that human eggs cells are large enough to see without a microscope!
Zp8PQ TIL That England has scorpions.