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TIL about Joseph Goldberger an epidemiologist in the US Public Health Service. He proved pellagra was due to bad diet, but for years his evidence was disbelieved.

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oR9dE TIL Jackie Kennedy studied French Indochina and become passionate about it .Her fluency in French and knowledge of French History was particularly valuable, as she was able to translate French books, documents, and treaties related to Indochina, which helped JFK in his understanding of the region.
oRxjA TIL: Kim Possible lives in Texas
e0WNg TIL Cruise lines pay almost no taxes thanks to a maritime law loophole called "flags of convenience". Despite being headquartered in Miami, RCL and NCLH have all of their ships registered in the Bahamas. CCL has all of its ships registered in Panama.
8alP4 TIL the Ozma problem is an old problem asks if we could communicate the concept of left and right to an alien over the radio. In the 1950's physicists found a way when they observed that certain radioactive decays actually "care" about if the atom is spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise.
l7vja TIL "A League of Their Own" was inspired from real players and people in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPL)