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TIL Vince Gilligan described his pitch meeting with HBO for 'Breaking Bad' as the worst meeting he ever had. The exec he pitched to could not have been less interested, "Not even in my story, but about whether I actually lived or died." In the weeks after, HBO wouldn't even give him a courtesy 'no'.

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E1AXd TIL Lydia O'Leary, a woman who was insecure due to a large birthmark on her face, created a product to hide it that was inspired by her experiments with oil paint. She was granted a patent for her concealer in 1932. It's the only foundation with a USPTO patent.
LQVdV TIL that gravitational waves have a frequency conveniently within the range of human hearing. This is the sound of two black holes spiraling into one another, echoing through the universe for billions of years
69yxX TIL Jessica Cantillan, a 17 yr old Mexican citizen received the wrong heart and lung in a transplant surgery at Duke University in 2003. The transplant surgeon (world renowned)wasn't notified untIl the end of surgery. Her body rejected the organs and despite a second surgery, she died.
Y70pB TIL about Chrysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as the sea pangolin or volcano snail. The scales on its feet are made of iron sulfide. It does not require consumption of food as it lives on the energy the bacteria in its gland produces.
GAW4N TIL That The Royal Guardsmen, the band that sang “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron”, released a similar song, “Snoopy vs. Osama” in 2006.