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TIL of Rebecca Fried, a high schooler who debunked a claim by historian Professor Richard Jenkins who claimed "No Irish Need Apply" signs never existed

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19d8 TIL in June, 1982, the largest non-nuclear blast seen from space occurred in Siberia. It was the result of computer sabotage orchestrated by the CIA.
GYoQ4 TIL Research shows that parents who want their children to cut back on screen-time must cut back on screen-time themselves
yVXvv TIL 18 yr old Dick Van Dyke enlisted in the Air Force during WWII singing and dancing on base in Sherman TX with the hopes of avoiding being sent to fight the Japanese. An impromptu audition at the latrine earned him a permanent announcer gig on base.
78ebp TIL that when Harold Urey was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of deuterium ("heavy hydrogen"), a component of "heavy water", he declined to attend the award ceremony in Stockholm so as to be present at the birth of his daughter.
pYP18 TIL that, in school, boys are graded more harshly than girls for the same work.