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TIL Nobel winner in Chemistry John Howard Northrop, known for isolating and crystallizing the first bacteriophage, committed suicide

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8egPK TIL in 1914, 4-year-old Charlotte May Pierstorff was shipped via parcel post. At 32 cents, her parents found it cheaper than a train ticket. Just under the 50lb limit, May rode in the train's mail compartment with a stamp on her jacket and was delivered to her grandmother by the mail clerk on duty.
ANmkl TIL that researchers have developed a new blood test that can predict if someone will develop Alzheimer's disease up to 16 years before symptoms appear
m5pM TIL that there exists footage of I Love Lucy that was filmed in color by a fan in the audience. Color footage of the show was so rare that the clip was included on the I Love Lucy “Complete Edition” DVD set
x6aZ0 TIL the disco ball was patented over a hundred years ago -- there's even one in a flashback scene in the film Casablanca (which is from 1942)
oBNwo TIL: A christian socialist movement occurred in China during 1851-1864. It was lead by a man who proclaimed that he was the brother of Jesus. More than 30 million people died as a result of the rebellion.