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TIL There is more than one infinity, and some infinities are larger than others.

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vPyeL TIL that Liza Minelli, daughter of Judy Garland, the actress who played Dorothy in the 1939 MGM film, “Wizard of Oz,” was once married to Jack Haley, Jr., son of Jack Haley, the actor who played the Tin Man in the same film. He was Minnelli’s 2nd husband.
wLOR1 TIL of the Kármán line, defining where atmosphere stops and space begins. Below 100km the "air" belongs to the country its over, but above 100km is free space.
rJX1 TIL: Robert Oppenheimer, “the father of the atomic bomb,” tried to kill his university tutor with a poisoned apple.
4XABw TIL that in 2015, mist sprinklers, which cool the air, were placed near the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Many visitors to the museum were upset, saying the shower-like misters evoked memories of Nazi-era gas chambers. Nazi gas chambers were often disguised as showers.
9wljB TIL the 1902 Rickshaw Controversy. After colonizing the Philippines, Americans tried to "improve" urban public transportation by replacing privately operated horse-cabs with publicly-funded Rickshaws. It failed as Filipinos thought it turned them into beasts of burden, and revolted against the idea.