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TIL that Marcin Jakubowski, a Princeton fusion physics graduate, had a hard time finding a job out of college so he turned to farming. Upon purchasing his first tractor, he realized how inaccessible and expensive farming equipment was, so he created an open source tractor design.

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4rRg TIL That taking NSAIDs before smoking marijuana can negate the memory-loss associated with pot but retain all the medical benefits of THC
R79Da TIL only one horror movie has ever won an Oscar for Best Picture - The Silence of the Lambs - it is also one of only three films of all time to win all 5 top awards
m1lPy TIL when Théodore Géricault was painting “The Raft of the Medusa,” he met with survivors of the disaster, built a replica raft, and purchased multiple human limbs and a severed head which he took back to his studio in order to accurately portray the colour and texture of decaying flesh. [NSFW]
wLBg8 TIL William Shatner suffers from tinnitus and has been an advocate to find a cure as well as raise awareness about mental health issues that often accompany the disorder.
70Yb TIL of the Photon Sphere, a spherical region of space where gravity is strong enough that photons are forced to travel in orbits. If you were to stand in this region and look straight ahead you would see the back of your head.