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TIL: Moon looks reversed from Australia

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6vWw TIL| There is a Malaria vaccine in the works that may be approved for distribution by 2015.
8a6Yb TIL: In 1944 Lex Luthor was the first character in a comic book (and one of the first in fiction) to use an atomic bomb. The United States Department of War asked this story line be delayed from publication, which it was until 1946, to protect the secrecy of the Manhattan Project.
mevO TIL that undercover investigators from the Government Accountability Office set up a shell company, and received a license for the radioactive materials needed for a dirty bomb, all without any inquiries from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
woYbE TIL Die Hard was a sequel to a Frank Sinatra movie and he had first refusal for the part of the main character but turned it down due to his age.
nKrb TIL somebody in the 1800’s wrote a song that consisted of nothing but two people meowing at each other. It’s called “Duetto buffo di due gatti” which translates to “Humorous duet for two cats”