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TIL a teenager from Connecticut completed her bucket list right before she was hit by a car. She had one goal left: save a life and before the car hit her she pushed her friend to get him out of the way.

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bdO0 TIL John Dunsworth (the actor that plays Jim Lahey) has a passion for making rock pathways
LQMBV TIL The Sun can be observed with a hydrogen-alpha telescope that filters out all but one wavelength of red light. Lots of processing is necessary to see details and an image stacking program removes noise caused by Earth’s turbulent atmosphere. Astronomers call this "seeing"
Z8nyo TIL of the Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty Ring which prevents children with faulty organs or heart problems from needing more than one surgery as they get older.
XERK8 TIL Researchers have developed a self-cleaning surface which uses nano-scale surface engineering and chemistry. It can repel/prevent the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other bacteria. The material can be shrink-wrapped onto door handles, railings, and other surfaces
l0wN TIL Scottish mountains over 3000 feet are called “Munros”. Other hills/mountains in the UK and Ireland over 150 metres are called “Marilyns”. The pun is intentional.