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TIL Ibn Al-Haytham, a Muslim physicist and scientist that lived during the Golden Age of Islam, is credited with the creation of the scientific method that has became the basis of Western science today.

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9wJyD TIL the "Wow! Signal", a 72-second radio signal detected in 1977, is the strongest candidate for an alien transmission ever received Its frequency (1420 MHz) was near the hydrogen line, ideal for interstellar communication, and its intensity was 30 times stronger than background noise. Despite numer
9wpV7 TIL JFK experienced chronic back pain. He underwent 4 back operations, including a discectomy, an instrumentation and fusion, and 2 minor surgeries that failed to improve his pain.
xWb7 TIL that on the same day James Van Allen announced his discovery of the “Van Allen” radiation belt, he agreed to help the US military nuke it to see what happened. It was described by historian James Fleming as the first time “someone discovered something and immediately decided to blow it up”.
QNGPp TIL that 76% of Eritreans defecate in the open
4k1EJ TIL of Hans Litten, a lawyer who cross-examined Hitler in 1931 about a violent attack on political opponents, hoping to show Germans that Hitler wanted to violently overthrow democracy. Refusing to flee Germany after Hitler took power, he was imprisoned in concentration camps until dying in 1938.