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TIL that Don Norman is truly the Don for a reason. 89 years of wisdom in this incredible individual!

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loQXV TIL that A flatworm parasite called Ribeiroia ondatrae infects several species of frogs just as they're developing their limbs
9Yoyr TIL that when Isaac Newton was removed from school due to his interest in personal pursuits rather than studies, his mother tried to make him a farmer. Newton's hatred for farming and some persuasion from a schoolmaster led him to finish school aged 18 and enter Cambridge University a year later.
loAG5 TIl there is one singular person still alive that was born before the Wright brothers first powered flight in December 1903
j9LQ TIL of 22 year old Herbert K. Pililaau, the first Hawaiian Medal of Honor recipient, who killed 40 advancing North Korean soldiers by himself to cover the retreat of his squad. His weapons- one rifle, his grenades, found rocks, a trench knife, and his bare hands.
LkjlZ TIL that nearly 40% of Americans expressed a negative opinion of "Wisian-Americans"—a fictitious group—in a survey about social attitudes that was conducted by the General Social Survey, a project of the National Science Foundation.