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TIL that Einstein was an accomplished violinist and often played to relax and think. His violin was fetched upward of half a million at New York auction.

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OoePR TIL that cops will often touch the tail light of a car that they just pulled over in order to leave their finger print in case it is later needed for evidence.
X8YX TIL Spacesuits take 5,000 hours to make and cost around $1 million.
Y7nD7 TIL the Australian flag flown over Parliament House in Canberra weighs 49 pounds (22kgs)
5YMGP TIL the singer of Midnight Oil, most famous for the song Beds are Burning, has served as Minister for School Education and Minister for the Environment of Australia
lBYN TIL there has been a reported case of human-to-human cancer transmission, where a surgeon cut his hand while resecting a tumor and seeded the patient’s cancer cells on his hand.