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TIL a NASA scientist invented the Super Soaker

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LQmd9 TIL the Hanford Site in Washington made the plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki and the first nuclear test at Trinity—while exposing thousands of workers to deadly radiation.
OGjQg TIL immaculate conception is scientifically/biologically possible.
OGGb1 TIL The Mariana Trench was first discovered in 1951 by a British Survey ship.
J1yjj TIL that I, and 1 in 5 of you, have anisocoria—pupils that are generally different sizes. This doesn’t intrinsically represent a medical issue, but can be caused by a couple things, I.e. Horner’s Syndrome, Adie tonic pupil, oculomotor nerve palsy etc.
LkeG9 TIL of Evelyn McHale. The Most Beautiful Suicide (link in comment)