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TIL from which types of cosmic events elements come from

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RBp4 TIL an Australian man typed every number from 1 to 1,000,000 in words, not numbers, on his typewriter. It took him 16 years.
GOR5 TIL the Pleiades (a cluster of stars) were used as a method for testing eyesight in ancient times, a soldier who could see at least 7 was given the job of scouts or archers.
Mebaa TIL of cherubism, a genetic disease that causes large cysts to form inside face bones, making the bones sponge-like and disfigured.
5J0p TIL António Moniz, the surgeon who developed the frontal lobotomy procedure to make people calm and docile, was shot by one of his lobotomized patients.
69NLX TIL Nirvana's song "Scentless Apprentice" is about Kurt Cobain's favorite novel, "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind.