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TIL that meteors blasting through earth's atmosphere can be used for long distance radio communications

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NX8bb TIL that researchers Limb, Limb, Limb, and Limb, in a study of doctors, figured out that doctors tend to choose a specialization that fit their surnames, alias nominative determinism (ie. Dr. Gore the surgeon)
OG756 TIL that many of today's biggest entertainers started by living in the Manhattan Plaza, a federally-subsidized affordable housing building for low-income artists. Former residents range from Tennessee Williams to Larry David and even the Chalamets (Timothée and his sister were raised there).
ymOe TIL of a guy who made a chicken sandwich literally from scratch – he grew a garden, harvested wheat, slaughtered a chicken, travelled to boil ocean water for salt, etc – it took him 6 months and cost him $1,500. He didn’t think it tasted very good.
9wrLm TIL that only reason a Scottish piper wasn't shot by German snipers on D-Day was because it was their belief that he was crazy.
jWbv TIL that when the French Navy officially ceased using Morse Code on January 31st, 1997, the final message they transmitted was “Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.”