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TIL that rapidly unwinding a roll of Scotch tape can generate x-rays due to the triboelectric effect

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E1Qwx TIL on the same day Carol Greider was notified she had won the Nobel Prize of Medicine in 2009, funding for her grant proposal on the very subject she won the Prize for was rejected and deemed, in her words, "not worthy for discussion" less than 3 hours later.
e0A1D TIL about Borderlands 2 character Michael Mamaril. A Borderlands fan that died at 22 before Borderlands 2 came out. When his friends asked Gearbox if they would have Claptrap read a eulogy, they instead made a character in the game based off of Michael himself.
p86Ob TIL that Brazil was the only South American country to send troops abroad during World War II
e4Wb TIL the lyrics for the song “Suicide is Painless”, the theme song for the film Mash were written by the director’s 14 year-old son. He made over a million dollars in royalties while his father only made$70,000 for directing.
BrZpx TIL that Spielberg shot "E.T." in chronological sequence so the kids could mentally deal with the goodbye of a friend