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TIL Barbara Morgan, a US teacher-turned-astronaut, had close ties to both fatal Space Shuttle tragedies

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djVj TIL one tonne of Thorium is equivalent to 200 tonnes of uranium or 3,500,000 tonnes of coal AND 3 times more abundant than uranium but we still dont use it would require “to great an investment and no clear payoff”
7rA1L TIL that in 2017, Dr. Dre donated $10 million to help build a state-of-the-art performing arts center at Compton High School.
9LwM TIL The term “Sweet Death” refers to dying of hypothermia, because you feel an innocent desire to lie down and sleep. A certain feeling of wellness overcomes you. And with a sardonic ‘Mona Lisa’ smile on your face, you die.
pmL4 TIL it’s actually “Whet your appetite”, not ‘wet’. Whet means to sharpen, as as a whetstone sharpens a knife.
8a89a TIL that Buddy Holly is the reason Elton John wears glasses. He started wearing glasses at 13 to imitate Holly. Eight months later they had done so much damage to his eyes that he actually needed glasses.