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TIL that the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, Maria Goeppert Mayer, had to work without pay for most of her career, and was referred to as S.D mother in newspaper headlines when she won her Nobel.

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1lmW TIL that since some early spellcheckers didn’t have the word “cooperation” without the hyphen, there are various documents online from NATO, the EU, the UN, and other international orgs that use the word Cupertino instead. “The Cupertino with our Italian comrades proved to be very fruitful”
9YO9G TIL Tesla is making ventilators out of car parts. Tesla’s ventilator uses the Model 3 infotainment system to power a Model 3 vehicle computer, which in turn, controls an air flow manifold. A suspension air tank is used as a oxygen mixing chamber. Among other parts.
60Wl TIL that, at over 400 years old, Zildjian - the cymbal manufacturer - is one of the oldest companies in existence.
8eK5V TIL cuttlefish were commonly used throughout Greece and Rome for their reddish-brown pigment. Cuttlefish were called sepia in Latin and Greek, hence the English sepia.
1aPQr TIL of extreme skier and adventure-seeker Steve McKinney, the first to break 200 km/h on skis and the first to fly a hang-glider off Mount Everest. He was killed by a drunk driver.