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TIL The three days without civilian aircraft above the US following 9/11 provided useful data to climatologists about how climate is altered by the high altitude exhaust of planes.

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A1xn TIL a homeless girl who attended 12 schools in 12 years went to Harvard. She with her family used to move from shelter to shelter or sleep in bus stations or on the street. She was accepted to more than 20 universities before choosing Harvard.
1aNlO TIL that Nellie Bly, the author of the famous exposé Ten Days in a Mad-House, wrote 11 novels that were thought to be lost to time until they were rediscovered and published earlier this year.
E14Ox TIL Chris Pratt and Anna Faris have a son named Jack. Erica from Friends (played by Anna Faris) had a son named Jack. Andy from Parks and Recs (played by Chris Pratt) also had a son named Jack.
l7lA TIL that women can walk around topless in New York
N4G8 TIL its possible to scramble an egg while its still in the shell, thus creating a golden egg!