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TIL In 1975, a cat named F.D.C. Willard co-authored a physics paper that would become influential and often-cited because the author did not want to change the pronoun "we" that had been used throughout the paper. F.D.C. Willard went on to be the sole author of another paper in 1980.

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An9g TIL that when people without access to mirrors (or clear water in which to view their reflections) are first exposed to them, their reaction tends to be very negative.
awYrb TIL Part of the reason we sigh is because the alveoli in the lungs collapse with disuse, and a sigh pops them back open by taking in more air. Humans average about 12 sighs an hour, and without them our lungs would fail.
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1arAO TIL Guy Fawkes managed to jump from the execution scaffold and break his neck, so he could die instantly rather than face more agony from further torture.
4X9L6 TIL that the lenses from the first picture of the earth from the moon back in 1969, was made by Carl-Zeiss. After that many space expedition missions(Hubble telescope etc.) shared the company's lenses in every innovative creation made by scientists and creators.