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TIL Elizabeth Holmes' father was a VP at Enron

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v1WY7 TIL Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, endured many tragedies. Her mother died after giving birth to her, she was in constant debt, her 1st, 2nd, and 3rd children all died, while her husband drowned on his sailing boat. She herself passed away at 53.
9jkG TIL that falcons will imprison their prey alive for storage
4kaPg TIL of the Astronomical Unit, or AU, a unit of length equivalent to the distance between the Earth and the Sun, measuring 149,597,870.7 kilometres exactly. It's also a fundamental component in defining another unit of astronomical measurement, the parsec.
RWJ7 TIL “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman was only able to get his comic green-lit because he told Image Comics that there would be a plot twist revealing that the zombie apocalypse was caused by aliens who were using the zombies to weaken humanity’s defenses. It was a lie.
b6rk7 TIL When a terminally ill young boy in Germany expressed his dying wish to see as many motorcycles as possible, 20,000 bikers from Germany and neighboring countries came together to fulfill his dream, creating an unforgettable convoy.