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TIL that the lead guitarist from the band Queen, Brian May, attained his PhD in 2005 in astrophysics, was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013, and worked with NASA on its New Horizons Pluto mission

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kOljW TIL that the death rate of climbing mount K2, the second highest mountain in the world, is 29%.
BKPe TIL there is a monument to Wikipedia in Poland.
AD7Nw TIL of Project 100000, a recruitment effort during Vietnam that brought in mentally and physically unfit people for service to fill the ranks. Many brought in had a 5th grade level education and were considered mentally challenged.
loRQK TIL Angus Maclise, the original drummer of The Velvet Undeground, quit because he thought that the band had sold out by taking a paying gig.
1aNlO TIL that Nellie Bly, the author of the famous exposé Ten Days in a Mad-House, wrote 11 novels that were thought to be lost to time until they were rediscovered and published earlier this year.