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TIL on Nov 13, 1946, NY, pilot Curtis Talbot and scientist Dr. Vincent Schaefer, working for GE Research, released three pounds of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) into the clouds at 14,000 ft. They looked back to see long streamers of snow. They had created the world’s first human-made snowstorm.

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YeKP TIL In the 1980’s an X-Ray machine was in use that randomly killed patients with overdoses of radiation due to a programming error.
OlM7 TIL that from 1952 to 1956, billions of Kent Micronite cigarettes were sold with a filter made from asbestos. The new filter was marketed as “the greatest health protection in cigarette history.”
LQB69 TIL the first Actor of Asian Descent to win an Academy Award was an amateur actor, winning for his first movie. He also survived three terms in Khmer rouge's Concentration camps during Pol Pot's Regime.
AR7n TIL that velociraptors were only 3 feet tall, 30 lbs, and probably feathered. There is no evidence that they hunted in packs and it is believed that they were less intelligent than cats and dogs. The “velociraptors” in Jurassic Park were actually based on the species Deinonychus.
4grN TIL the average female porn star is a dark-haired, 22 year old, 5’5″ woman who weighs 117lbs and has B-cup breasts.