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TIL there is a Clutter Index which is used in diagnosing hoarding disorders

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17OD TIL the “breathing fluid” from the film The Abyss is real and was successfully tested on a human.
mx1bo TIL That a "Union Station" is a station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies.
j6N8R TIL Before telescopes, Chinese astronomers in the Song dynasty made naked eye observations of solar phenomena during sunrises/sunsets or through clouds. It was recorded on 11 January CE 1077, in the sun were black spots as large as plums
4XYoJ TIL that in 2016, TNT rejected a TV Pilot called ‘Civil’ about a disputed election that slides into civil unrest and eventually war, because they thought it was too close to home for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
KYZr4 TIL of Claude Ruggieri who launched the first living animals into the air by rocket, returning them safely to earth by parachute. In 1830, French authorities stopped his attempt at the first human rocket flight when the test subject was found to be an 11 year old boy.