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TIL Einstein's great breakthroughs came from visual experiments performed in his head rather than the lab.

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695AZ TIL that in 1965, astronaut John Young got in trouble for sneaking a corned beef sandwich on the Gemini 3 mission, which posed a risk of crumbs messing with vital space equipment.
NZAP TIL there was an experiment done on Caucasian 3rd graders in 1968 called the “blue-eyed/brown-eyed” exercise which segregated the children by eye color. The exercise was held the day after Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination with the purpose of teaching students the effects of being a minority.
rNy8o TIL that Jake T. Austin not only played Max Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place, but he also voiced Diego Márquez in Seasons 1-3 of Go, Diego, Go!
Oob7g TIL: Waka Flocka Flame, Kesha, and John Cena got higher ACT scores than Steve Jobs and three U.S. presidents.
9MKD TIL the 1976 Olympics were a financial disaster for Montreal, as the city faced debts for 30 years after the Games had finished. It was only in December 2006 that the Olympic Stadium’s costs were finally paid in full.