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TIL that JJ Thompson won the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that electrons act as particles, while his son GP Thompson won the Nobel Prize for discovering that electrons act as waves.

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DQoGP TIL n 1953, during the Korean War, the U.S. government launched "Operation Moolah". The goal was to get North Korean pilots to defect and bring their planes with them. In exchange, the pilot would receive $50,000 cash and asylum in a non-Communist country. No pilots defected though.
gMnd9 TIL there are bigger beds than California King... the Wyoming King and Alaskan King.
WkvJ9 TIL About the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum. It was Rededicated as Recent as 2013. The Only Presidential Library Dedicated to a President of a Different Nation. Davis was Famously the President of The Confederate States of America.
Eg9pP TIL about Arthur Whitfield, an English physician and pioneer of dermatology. Whitfield discovered that athlete's foot (tinea pedis) was caused by a fungus infection, and created a treatment for it called "Whitfield's ointment."
N7dlJ TIL Some McDonald’s salads have more calories than the burgers