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TIL A man in India, Dashrath Manjhi carved a mountain for 22 yrs using a chisel and hammer and shortened the distance from 55km to 15km after his wife died in on the way to doctor !

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pYR0A TIL the origin of "32 skidoo"; attn super fans of Bob's Burgers. If you recall that episode with the birthday party with the old timee theme and the over the top parents, you're in luck, found the sauce. PBS documentary, "Fly with Me" at the 46:06 mark. Phrase refers to forced retirement at 32
8a0nK TIL American architect Henry Murphy was in charge of designing the capital of China in 1928. Murphy proposed a master plan for Nanjing at the heart of which lay an axis with the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, along with ‘Capitol Hill’ and a pagoda
myLO TIL that genetically engineered “ray cats” with fur that changed colour in the presence of radiation were considered by scientists to warn future civilisations of nuclear waste
4Xo7g TIL 'The Father of Modern Gynecology', James Marion Sims, perfected his surgical techniques by operating without anesthesia on enslaved black women.
M7AZK TIL that the song "whataya want from me" was written by Pink for the album Funhouse. But never released. Released by Adam Lambert in 2009, with great succes. And in 2010 released by Pink on her "Greatest hits...So far" album.