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TIL Air Traffic Controllers, who were fired and banned for life by Ronald Reagan for striking, actually endorsed Republican Party candidate Ronald Reagan during the election of 1980 through their union PATCO.

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Xogk TIL that the cell nucleus is probably an ancient virus that invaded a primitive cell and remained there symbiotically.
j66YE TIL that there are around 50-60 blue faience hippopotamus statuettes that survived from Ancient Egypt. Due to the danger hippos posed in the wild, they often snapped off the legs of hippopotamus statuettes before placing them in tombs, so the hippos wouldn’t be able to eat the soul of the deceased.
XEabE TIL Johannes Kepler, an accomplished scientist, had written a science fiction novel The Dream. As a result, his mother had to face trial for practicing witchcraft. He tried to scientifically disprove 49 points of disgrace held up against his mother. She was arrested, 5 years into the ordeal.
w5o1 TIL when asked about his relatively low-profile film career after winning the Oscar with ‘Amadeus’, F. Murray Abraham (Salieri) said, “Even though I won the Oscar, I can still take the subway in New York, and nobody recognizes me. Some actors might find that disconcerting, but I find it refreshing.”
wmj6 TIL lego used to give away a 14 karat gold lego brick to long serving employees in the 80s