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TIL about Chewang Norphel, an engineer who created 15 artificial glaciers in the Ladakh region of India, a high altitude cold desert drier than the Sahara, increasing water access to many villages transforming the lives of thousands. He was called "The Iceman of Ladakh".

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abBb TIL of Johanna Westerdijk, the first female professor in the Netherlands. She told her school teacher she would make enough to pay someone to do her chores, was a noted party animal, and started a tradition of dressing geese in costumes and parading them around at university events.
dDk6K TIL that Tetris can be used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms
7Eox TIL that there is a classified airline called “Janet” that operates out of Las Vegas’ McCarran Airport which transports contractors and government workers to and from the Nevada National Security Site (Area 51).
69167 TIL Ludwig Van Beethoven's Für Elise was never released in the composer's lifetime, and wasn't discovered until 40 years after his death
D1WJP TIL John Lennon's song, "Because," is based on Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"