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TIL that the former chief of NASA holds six graduate degrees

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E1KNP TIL the skull on the moth covering Jodie Foster’s mouth on the poster for Silence Of The Lambs is actually 7 female bodies as depicted by Salvador Dali and represent the movies victims
9wELD TIL: I learnt about Miller-Urey experiment, that simulates conditions of early earth, proving amino acids formed from inorganic compounds. Those proteins are relevant to the origin of life
P6Ow TIL that in 2010, Haisong Jiang ran through the security gate of Newark Airport to give a goodbye kiss to his girlfriend. His actions prompted a 6-hour-long security closure of the airport, delaying over 100 flights and 1600 passengers. Mr. Jiang’s crime was declared a misdemeanor.
VBN8m TIL Tesla produced a fully electric semi.
VMDXG TIL of Waverly Woodson, a black medic who treated at least 200 injured men on D-Day while injured himself. As he hit the beach a shell tore apart his landing craft, filling him with shrapnel. Despite this, he set up an aid station and treated wounds for 30 hours, at one point even amputating a foot.