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TIL that Douglas Adams designed a video game.

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XELXj TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital but didn't know if Veterans Affairs covered an ambulance not pre-authorized. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed & Jimmy John's answered; JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
e6g4 TIL Marie Curie’s research papers are still highly radioactive and to access them you must sign a waiver and wear protective clothing.
d8k1Z TIL a golden chamber with ultra-sensitive lightbulbs is buried under a mountain in Japan and contains water so pure that it can be corrosive and dissolve metal- and it's helping scientists detect neutrinos from dying stars.
loxZ1 TIL Around 1990, The Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared on James Whale's show and sexually harassed the show's co-host, Cleo Rocos, to the point that Whale (who was gay) pretended he was engaged to the woman to get the band to stop molesting her.
QNnnL TIL about Nadia Popovici, a hockey fan that saved an opposing coach by identifying his skin cancer