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TIL the scientist who developed the vaccine to fight leprosy is about to reach his 100th birthday and is still working to find a vaccine for cancer

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KY8RJ TIL that Apples first CEO Michael Scott went on to become an expert on coloured gemstones. Micheal has even written a book on them. He has also assembled a private collection that he exhibited at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California.
jD4Q TIL that in 1987 a 16 year old girl went missing on a camping trip to search for Bigfoot in the Sierra Nevada. She was never seen again. The 43 year old man with her claimed she was taken by bigfoot, and avoided trial due to the lack of a body.
VMdWD TIL: Whistling to cat call a woman is just the whistle to recall your dog - but in reverse
Bwpy TIL in an effort to deter nuclear warfare, Robert Fisher suggested the nuclear codes be placed in the chest cavity of a Presidential aid. The president would have to physically take a life in order to use nuclear weapons.
Wknld TIL the inventor of the cubicle hated how his invention was implemented