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TIL that there’s an asteroid named after james bond
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m11ov
TIL that people of Asian descent tend to have more severe obstructive sleep apnea than Caucasians of similar age and BMI. Differences in facial bone structure appear to be the reason why Asians have a higher risk for OSA.
XE76D
TIL that Otis Redding was just 26 when he died in a plane crash. He recorded "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" days before the crash and, despite his young age, is considered one of the most influential musicians in American history.
Me97m
TIL that President Nixon was actually against the idea of Amtrak. The only reason he signed the 1970 Railpax legislation, bringing it into existence, was because the congressional aides that drafted it told him Amtrak wouldn't survive for more than 5 years.
JYDM4
TIL that in 1823, Gregor MacGregor created a national currency and flag of the fictional republic of Poyais and got 250 investor colonists to buy land and travel across the world to a jungle island where most of them died.
Vem0
TIL On April 15, 1940, Stravinsky’s unconventional major seventh chord in his arrangement of the Star Spangled Banner led to his arrest by the Boston police for violating a federal law that prohibited the reharmonization of the National Anthem.