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TIL Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the sun, which was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church

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8aWvG TIL in 1984 NASA crashed a fully fueled Boeing passenger jet, with crash dummies as passengers and pilots into the Mojave desert. The crash was filmed from multiple angles at high speed in 16MM film. The knowledge gained from this test lead to major changes in airline flight safety standards.
4X9Dw TIL the rosy boa, native to the southwestern US and Baja California, is recognized by its 3 well-defined rosy-colored longitudinal stripes extending the entire length of the body. It is non-venomous, bears live young and considered one of the most docile and slowest moving snakes in the world.
KYG9 TIL there is a “Jonestown Death Tape.” An audio recording of Jim Jones/his followers leading up to and during the mass suicide in Guyana. It is chilling and disturbing, perhaps NSFL for some.
grMwX TIL about baseball player Wally Pipp, who, when getting a headache had to remove himself from a game. A 22-year-old named Lou Gehrig stepped in. He didn't step out for another 2,130 games. The streak ended with Gehrig taking himself out of the lineup due to a mysterious fatigue.
VgDB TIL a Hungarian psychologist wrote a book on how to raise a genius. He proposed his ideas to a teacher. They married and raised three chess grandmasters, two of them became record-breakers and one even became the first female to beat the top ranked male.