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TIL Albert Einstein had a daughter in 1902 but no-one knows what happened to her

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JrVl TIL in China, if you hit someone with your car you pay for their medical care. Killing someone, however, is a one time fine. For that reason, people have gone back to kill someone they accidentally hit.
9wyDm TIL accoding to the FAA, air traffic controller applicants must be under the age of 31 and generally must retire at age 56
jNaX TIL the groove on your upper lip just below your nose is called a philtrum. It is common among many mammals and has no known function.
dDXQK TIL that in a series of experiments in the 1950s, Solomon Asch asked a group of actors and a single test subject what the longest line was in a "vision test". The actors would intentionally answer incorrectly, causing the subject to also answer incorrectly, despite it being very obvious.
QNrGM TIL of George Stathakis, who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel with his pet turtle. George survived the fall only for his barrel to get stuck, and he suffocated after 8 hours. His pet turtle, however, survived.