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TIL Newborns with a vitamin D deficiency have a 44 percent increased risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia as adults compared to those with normal vitamin D levels. The developing foetus is totally reliant on the mother's vitamin D stores

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m1Wjx TIL the secret codename of India's first successful nuclear weapon test was "Smiling Buddha."
6onW TIL when John Williams first played the theme song to the film “Jaws” by playing just two notes on piano, Steven Spielberg laughed and thought it was a joke.
AQNg TIL Benni Cincle (The awkwardly dancing white girl from the “Friday” video) has since used her internet fame to found an Anti-bullying nonprofit called That Girl in Pink.
neK97 TIL Carl Sagan convinced NASA to turn the Voyager Spacecraft towards earth and take the iconic “Pale Blue Dot” photo nearly 4 billions miles away from earth
grEBL TIL that Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel to space on June 16, 1963, when she orbited Earth as part of the Vostok 6 mission. She remains the youngest woman to fly to space, the only female astronaut/ cosmonaut to make a solo space journey.