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TIL that Marie Curie is the only person to ever win Nobel prizes in two different areas of science

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oBjeE TIL: After the $4 "Stella" coin was rejected by Congress the already minted coins were sold to Congressmen at cost. This later became a source of scandal when a number of them ended up as jewelry pieces adorning the necks of madams operating some of Washington's most infamous brothels.
4kkma TIL in 2012 Islamist fundamentalists waged a violent campaign against the Emo subculture in Iraq. It ended with the deaths of between 6 to 70 young men.
JnRv TIL That John F Kennedy’s sister Rosemary Kennedy, who allegedly had a low IQ, was secretly lobotomized by her father and left permanently disabled, living for another 63 years hidden from the public
Y70PP TIL Early home radios were referred to as BC capable, meaning Broadcast Channels. BC was AM signals, but AM was not a common reference until FM radios came along and they had to distinguish between them. Much like early records were never called 78s until after 33s and 45s came along.
kJ9pB TIL authors in Finland receive library royalties that are almost as much per borrowed book as the royalty for each paperback sold