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TIL that scientists at UC Berkeley were able to take atomic-scale pictures of a molecule before and after a chemical reaction. The images looked EXACTLY like the classic molecular structure diagrams shown in text books.

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pBYQ TIL that in 1939 US and Canada refused to accept 937 Jews who were the last to escape Nazi Germany and despite desperate attempts of (non Jewish) german captain to secure safety for his passengers they were forced to return to Europe. Many of them later died in concentration camps.
W7xrX TIL the actor Woody Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, was a convicted hitman. In 1979 he assassinated a US federal judge John H Wood Jr. This was the first assassination of federal judge in the 20th century.
W79KB TIL in 1981, Neil Armstrong denied MTV’s request to use his likeness and “One small step” quote as part of its Moonman station identification opening sequence. The part was modified with background music and a series of beeps.
vPB94 TIL that "Zombie Firms" are companies experiencing financial distress, unable to meet their debt obligations yet persisting in operations, raising concerns about their viability, especially with the prospect of rising interest rates.
9YrGG TIL that in 1986 a man named John R. MacDougall jammed HBO on the East Coast for almost 5 minutes, affecting 8 million people, all to protest their rates for satellite dish owners