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TIL that the "Q" in Q-tips stands for "quality."

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8aDQX TIL: Dorothy Hodgkin was the only British Woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She battled arthritis since her late twenties, raised three children and survived a war. A Royal Society Fellowship was set up in her name to help women who wanted to be both career scientist and raise children
Z8kQY TIL the longest war in human history lasted 781 years in Spain between Spanish Christians and Muslim Moors of Morocco. The conflict officially ended in 1492
Mel70 TIL Yemen is a tropical country
e0745 TIL about Victor Hugo Green, who published a series of travel guides from 1936 to 1966 aimed at African Americans, which listed Black-friendly hotels and restaurants across North America.
X0XVD TIL that an average hurricane releases a phenomenal amount of energy through the formation of clouds and rain: about 5.2 x 10^19 Joules per day. This is about 200 times more electricity than humans produce planetwide.