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TIL that Nobel Prize nominations aren't revealed for at least 50 years. If the nominee is still alive, their nomination is still kept secret.

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kA4 TIL when Doctor Who head writer, Steven Moffat, was asked by his wife to write a sitcom, he had a drunken lunch came into her office wrote the word “coupling” on a piece of paper and left saying “remind me about this later”, it went on to have four series.
4knDw TIL that Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin of France was the first woman parachutist. In October of 1799 she ascended 900 meters in a balloon, released the gondola, and rode it back down via parachute.
mjnP TIL a private walled city is being built in Guatemala. This self-contained haven for the wealthy boasts apartments, shops, nightclubs, boutiques and restaurants. Residences cost $260,000 to $800,000 each, in a country where the average citizen makes less than $300 a month.
QNPXL TIL heart attack symptoms for women may include Nausea, Sweating, Vomiting, Pain in the neck, jaw, throat, abdomen or back because they buildup cholesterol plaque differently than men
6QMZ TIL: Narwhals’ ‘horn’ is actually an erupted left tooth, that can sense temperature, salinity, particle density, and can 'feel’