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TIL that the first synthetic dye (Mauve) was discovered by an 18 year old chemist who was trying to synthesize treatments for Malaria.

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9YD7 TIL That Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left one of Yuri Gagarin’s cosmonaut medals on the moon to pay tribute to his accomplishment as the world’s first man in space
DoKD TIL Weird Al Yankovic said he knew he’d made it as a famous musician when he went to a party, saw Paul McCartney and before he could introduce himself to the former Beatle, McCartney recognized him and said, “Hey! It’s Weird Al!”
5kpB TIL in 2013, Escape from Tomorrow was covertly filmed on location at Disneyland and Walt Disney World without Disney’s permission or knowledge, keeping their scripts on their iPhones and shooting on handheld video cameras similar to those used by park visitors.
E4Np TIL a group of Mennonite men sprayed anaesthetic through bedroom windows at night, sedating entire families so they could rape the women.
DQaVD TIL: Ionization smoke detectors, one of the two most common home smoke detectors, contain radioactive material (americium-241) to detect smoke. There is no health threat as long as the detector is used as directed and not damaged.