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TIL the guy who (supposedly) inspired the film The Terminal wasn’t the only person to have lived in an airport. There’s a whole list of them, including a guy who lived in an airport for 27 years!

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yoKe TIL Today is the 197th birthday of the author of the first computer algorithm, Ada Lovelace.
nZmb TIL Doctors didn’t wear white coats till the late 1800s. Due to swift advancement in medicine, the public thought discoveries of new antiseptics & the spreading of disease were just mysticism & deceit. In response, doctors adopted the white lab coats to represent a fresh start for the medical field
PBan TIL the most obese state in 1995 (Mississippi) was thinner than the thinnest state in 2016 (Colorado).
6LGQ TIL microwaving a sliced grape will cause a spark as a result of electrons being ripped away from the atom. These free electrons can compound on themselves through a process called ‘runaway breakdown’ and cause a massive surge of plasma.
gMObb TIL many of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of the female reproductive system got details wrong. Due to the rarity of female cadavers, he extrapolated from animals, with the resulting drawings of the female reproductive organs resembling those of animals more than humans.