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TIL that Einstein was rewarded Nobel Prize not for his works with relativity, but for discovery of photoelectric effect.

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W7yaX TIL that Alarm clocks did exist before the snooze function, so there was already a standard gear setup that innovators had to work with. Getting the gear teeth to line up to allow for exactly ten minutes wasn’t possible, so they chose to set it at nine minutes and a few seconds.
0wKoR TIL Olive Oatman was captured in 1851 by Native Americans who slaughtered most of her family. She eventually integrated into a Mohave tribe and was given tattoos to enter the afterlife. Settlers traded to "free" her in 1857. She was the first tattooed American woman; her story remains mysterious.
9m6p TIL that the US Air Force is the only branch of US military to ever directly fight the USSR. The conflict occurred over the Serbian town of Niš during WWII. Both sides mistook each other as Germans and both sides classified all reports of the battle as Top Secret.
g00W TIL male puppies playing with female puppies will often let the females win, even if the males have a physical advantage.
0dblM TIL Vince Gilligan wrote the controversial plot twist in the film Hancock (2008) starring Will Smith. He shortly left to pursue writing in TV and led to the creation of Breaking Bad.