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TIL that Christian Holmes IV, one of the vice-presidents of Enron, was coincidentally the father of Elizabeth Holmes (CEO of Theranos), who was convicted in 2022 over a massive case of fraud within Silicon Valley.

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MeOJ7 TIL The US Navy has a fully simulated ocean that is 240 feet wide, 360 feet long, and holds over twelve million gallons of water.
aQ60 TIL in 1953, an amateur astronomer saw and photographed a bright white light on the lunar surface. He believed it was a rare asteroid impact, but professional astronomers dismissed and disputed “Stuart’s Event” for 50 years. In 2003, NASA looked for and found the crater.
Lkwxv TIL that the mathematician Augustus De Morgan, writing in 1864, noted that he had the distinction of being x years old in the year x-squared.
jlgj TIL that anorexia just means loss of appetite. The eating disorder is anorexia nervosa.
ndPG TIL an iphone would cost around $2000 if manufactured entirely in the United States