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TIL: JFK’s sister was lobotomized to avoid her low IQ and “rebellious” attitude shaming the family.

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0wRAy TIL June 2008, Australian Ian Usher put his “entire life” up for auction. The auction included his 3-bedroom home in Perth, his belongings, and introductions to his friends. His employer offered the successful bidder a trial run at Ian’s job, which could result in the bidder’s permanent employment.
W6PX TIL Ronald McNair (killed on the Challenger) was the second black man in space, had a black belt in karate, and a Ph.D. in physics from MIT. He had a sax with him on the trip and had planned to compose the first sax song in space.
P1MXL TIL Tyrannosaurus rex and Brachiosaurus, both depicted in Jurrasic Park movie, existed further apart from each other in time, around 90 million years, than humans do to T. Rex, approx. 65 million years.
rRea0 TIL Pregnancy Dreams About Frogs Are Very Common
0wYNR TIL that the astronautical term “Black Holes” are coined from a completely irrelevant event in 1756, which entails the death of POWs from suffocation and heat exhaustion from being overpacked into a dungeon overnight.