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TIL That Baltimore and Washington DC are slowly becoming one city with a metro area covering 4 states, and a total population of over 9 million people

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9Ym6r TIL James Doohan from Star Trek received a suicide note from a fan. He told her he wanted to see her at his next con. She began to visit him multiple cons before he lost contact with her. 8 years later he got a letter of thanks from her and saying she now had a masters in electrical engineering.
KJnQ TIL An electron differs from a perfect sphere by less than 0.000000000000000000000000001 of a centimeter – so that “if the electron were magnified to the size of the solar system, it would still appear spherical within the width of a human hair.”
lojnK TIL that George Lucas, after graduating with a bachelor of fine arts in film in 1967 tried joining the United States Air Force as an officer, but was immediately turned down because of his numerous speeding tickets.
4XpnJ TIL that human laughter evolved from the distinctive panting by our great-ape relatives during rough and tumble play; that panting functions as a signal that the play is all in good fun and not an attack.
mxveR Today I learned all Space Shuttle flights were outfitted with explosives that an Air Force officer would detonate if the Shuttle veered off course & endangered a populated area.