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TIL there's another unit to measure temperature, the Rankine scale (°R)

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5Vnen TIL that New Zealand author Janet Frame was falsely diagnosed as schizophrenic and was scheduled to be lobotomised. Several days before the operation, she won New Zealand's most prestigious literary prize, convincing doctors to cancel the procedure.
rb7M TIL Southwest Airlines (The world’s 2nd largest airline by passengers carried) has never had an in-flight fatality.
mx4Ky TIL the three men who volunteered to turn of the valve at Chernobyl, did not die shortly after, and two are still alive today.
4XV45 TIL that the late Rick Jolly, a British Army surgeon in the Falklands conflict, saved every life under his care, both British and Argentine. He was the only man decorated by both Britain and Argentina for his services in the war.
KO18B TIL: The Driscoll Bridge in NJ is the widest in the world (15 lanes)