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TIL: In the word Graphene, 'ene' refers to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in which the carbon atoms form hexagonal, or six-sided, ring structures.

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a84N9 TIL "The Bladerunner" is a medical crime story that has absolutely nothing to do with the movie Blade Runner. The movie is based on a novel called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" The producers just liked the name "Blade Runner" and went with it.
wLbaM TiL One of the few (and perhaps the only) citizen-led protest against Kristallnacht in 1938 was organised by an Indigenous Australian named William Cooper. Almost 30 years before Indigenous Australians were allowed to be citizens of Australia.
KGbR TIL that Ben Affleck is banned for life from playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas ­after security officers busted him counting cards.
loQaN TIL: Canadian researchers have just identified what they say is the first case of Cancer (Osteosarcoma) in a dinosaur. It's diagnosis only took 75 million years!
PYDOL TIL that Galileo's middle finger from his right hand is on display at the Museo Galileo in Florence. Three of his fingers and a tooth were removed during his reburial in 1737.