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TIL frank sinatra actually did die in May, notable because of his lyrics in “that’s life”

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awb60 TIL that prior to 158 years ago in the West, babies were born and assigned the age 1 at birth. This was because scholars thought the number 0 was connected to a void which was connected to Satan, therefore not giving babies a year “0” at birth.
KReG TIL 70% of science and engineering students in Iran are women.
Y7jMd TIL that there is a mathematical theorem named after pizza.
M7xbB TIL a reporter at a British newspaper received an anonymous tip telling him to “call the American Embassy in London for some big news” about 25 minutes before JFK was assassinated.
M7pdb TIL that NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory unofficially named a small rock on Mars “Rolling Stones Rock” after the band, because the InSight lander’s thrusters accidentally made it roll about three feet during landing.