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TIL There was a scientist who published 948 papers…an average of one every 3.9 days

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J1m1k TIL that Eugene O'Neill's only child - his son Eugene O'Neill Jr - died at the age of 40 by suicide. His last words were "Never let it be said of O'Neill that he failed to empty a bottle. Ave atque vale"
9P4Q TIL the original ending for “Pretty in Pink” had Molly Ringwald reject Andrew McCarthy to dance with Jon Cryer to David Bowie’s “Heroes.” Test audiences booed this outcome, and John Hughes was forced to reshoot the ending, with Ringwald and McCarthy getting back together.
QNaRp Today I learned the first US Woman to be an Electrical Engineer (Edith Clarke, born 1883) designed the massive Hoover Dam turbine systems
Z8VLa TIL psilocybin was used to "reset" the activity of key brain circuits known to play a role in depression. Many depressed patients used computer analogies to describe their feelings after using the chemical, such as being 'defragged' like a computer hard drive, or like their brain had been 'rebooted'
GYpjJ TIL Memories can be passed down to later generations through genetic switches that allow offspring to inherit the experience of their ancestors, according to new research that may explain how phobias can develop.