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BrPNe TIL Jack Parsons was one of the founders of NASA JPL and a pioneer of the American space program. He also practiced esoteric magic rituals, and was a devoted follower of British occultist Aleister Crowley, and his group, The Ordo Templis Orientis.
QNrBE Today I learned about swing Band Leader Ivy Benson who was as famous in the 1940s as Glenn Miller, yet her name has not lived on in the public consciousness.
M7kXK TIL that fossilization is so unlikely that scientists estimate that less one-tenth of 1% of all the animal species that have ever lived have become fossils.
wNpY TIL of tetrachromats, people who have four different cone cells instead of three, allowing them to see a hundred times more colours than normal trichromats.
b9QD4 TIL just one serving of processed meat per day increases risk of developing diabetes by 51%