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TIL Albert Einstein once needed a letter of recommendation from Madame Curie to secure a job.

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j6An TIL Comedy Central received more than 2,000 angry e-mail complaints when the South Park creators pranked fans with the episode “Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus” instead of concluding the season 1 cliffhanger about the identity of Cartman’s father
D1Xrr TIL that Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book was written for St. Nicholas Magazine, a publication for children edited by Mary Mapes Dodge. Dodge, author of Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, asked Kipling to contribute something and although he'd never written for children before, he said he'd try.
KOvX9 TIL: You cannot catch a cold by getting cold. Wet hair, or being wet, will not increase your chances of becoming ill with cold or flu.
XmJ6 TIL The Great Pyramid Of Giza has 8 sides not 4.
9wdl6 TIL at 4752m (15,590ft), Mila Mountain Tunnel in Tibet, China is the highest vehicular road tunnel in the world.