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TIL about the Look-and-say sequence, an incremental pattern generated from counting the number of consecutive digits in groups of the same digit.

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VMK64 TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital but didn't know if Veterans Affairs covered an ambulance not pre-authorized. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed & Jimmy John's answered; JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
wL5eE TIL that right before launching the two Voyagers, NASA scientists used kitchen-grade aluminum foil to cover critical parts of the probes to protect it from unanticipated radiation at Jupiter. It worked.
l71Y1 TIL that muscles, which we eat, start out as parasites
6EjeQ TIL Mickey Mouse's predecessor was a character named Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who had to be replaced because his rights were owned by Universal Studios
p8Z4p TIL 3 men found hot metal cylinders in a forest and used them to warm themselves over night. They had found soviet Strontium-90 sources, suffered severe radiation sickness and long term injuries.