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TIL Jonny Kim is a Korean American, Astronaut, Doctor, Navy Seal

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v7Zx TIL The German Parliament building has a glass dome above it that people can climb using a spiral ramp. The dome symbolizes that the people are above the government, and the government should be transparent.
woMeP TIL that “fire rainbows” are real. They’re called circumhorizontal arcs and happen when sunlight passes through ice crystals in high-altitude cirrus clouds—creating vibrant, horizontal bands of color in the sky. I had no idea these existed until today.
a8AgZ TIL on 10 May 1977, Donald J. Smith and his father, Frank J. Smith, of Orlando, Florida, were awarded a patent for their variation of the comb over that conceals baldness by combing long hair in three separate directions.