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TIL on the 3rd day of the 3rd month 1933 an earthquake at the 33rd parallel caused 3000 casualties in a Japanese area whose 30% of the population lives bundled up around one city.

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dDMKj TIL With grad student Raymond Gosling, Rosalind Franklin is most known for a "B" form photograph of DNA only visible after about 100 hours of exposure to x-ray. Photo 51 is often referred to as one of the most important photos ever taken as it led to a greater understanding of DNA
R7V77 TIL the biggest infrastructure project in the U.S. ($512 BILLION), the Interstate Highway System, was built and championed by Eisenhower in 1956, because he thought it was virtually impossible to travel US roads after experiencing the German Autobahn in WW2 during his experience as General.
9YLX7 TIL about Frank "Sugarchile" Robinson, who taught himself to play piano at the age of two, played with Lionel Hampton when he was 5, was the first black entertainer at the White House Correspondents dinner when he was 8, recorded for Capitol Records (with two hits) from 9-12 then retired from music
epD9L TIL TV stations used to shut down for the night
Me0LW TIL That Sabrina Pasterski built an engine airplane at 14 y/o, at 16 became the youngest person ever to fly their own plane; she graduated MIT in 3 years with a 5.0 GPA and is now a 24 y/o harvard student getting a Ph.D. in high energy physics.