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TIL J.J. Thomson won the Nobel in Physics (1906) when he showed electrons were particles. His son won it in 1937 for showing that electrons are waves.

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4XZra TIL President Carter sent his daughter to a majority black public school when in office.
nN6W TIL that the actors who play Mac and Dee on It’s Always Sunny are married…so are Charlie and the waitress as well as Dennis and the girl from “The D.E.N.N.I.S. System” episode.
neyB9 TIL about the eggshell skull doctrine, that states a person is responsible for the damage caused by their otherwise reproachable actions regardless of the victim's underlying condition.
p8rMN TIL the first 'talking car', the 1982 Datsun 810 Maxima, stored its voice messages ("lights are on", "left door is open", "fuel level is low", etc.) on a 3-inch, shock-resistant, plastic phonograph record.
Xak8 TIL Helga Estby walked across America to win a $10,000 prize to save her home. When she finished, the sponsor refused to pay out. She returned home and found two of her children died in her absence, then she lost her house.