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TIL 'Radium girls' were unknowingly killing themselves by applying radium-based luminous paint on clock dials from brushes they'd put in their mouths

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w4VE TIL That people born blind use the same facial expressions as sighted people when expressing emotions, meaning that our facial expressions are innate and not learned behaviour.
p89mO TIL Total Solar Eclipse helped prove Einstien right about Relativity, making him an instant celebrity.
9pm7 TIL The only upside-down stoplight in the world is in Syracuse, NY because some persistent local Irish kids didn’t want the red (British) above green (Ireland).
7Lmr TIL that famous paparazzo Ron Galella was once punched in the face so hard by Marlon Brando that his jaw broke and he lost five teeth. The next time he took Brando’s picture, he wore a football helmet.
47w6 TIL that DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy on ‘Star Trek’) had wanted to become a doctor, but could not afford medical school. He received many letters from fans who went into medicine because of his character: “To influence the youth of the country … is an award that is not handed out by the industry”.