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TIL that when Joseph Heller—author of the classic American novel ‘Catch-22'—was told that he had never written anything else as good as his book, he replied “Who has?”

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awdYM TIL that Ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI) was extensively used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia, pneumonia, tuberculosis, arthritis, asthma and even poliomyelitis.
gMMZX TIL that the invention of Wifi involved a failed experiment by Australian scientists to detect exploding mini black holes the size of an atomic particle.
vPGWx TIL of the Golden Gate Bridge Bolt, a concept for a roller coaster that would scale the Golden Gate Bridge at a height of over 700 feet and a top speed of over 200 miles an hour. City officials rejected this concept in fear of drivers being too distracted by the coaster.
xYLB TIL that a Spanish woman claimed ownership of the Sun in 2010, using a loophole in the Space Treaty of 1967. Spanish courts validated her claim and she proceeded to charge companies that use solar energy. In 2015 she sued ebay after her account was blocked for selling plots of land on the Sun.
VM6ED TIL: The US Military Secretly Sprayed Radioactive Materials On Blacks In St. Louis