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TIL human beings invented bread before they invented farming
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TIL that Michael Jordan had to wear no. 12 in a game against Orlando Magic due to his iconic no. 23 jersey being stolen before the game and the Bulls only had no. 12 available.
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TIL That 3 divers nicknamed the “Chernobyl Suicide Squad” prevented a second explosion that would have rendered Europe “uninhabitable” by volunteering to dive into highly-radiated water beneath the reactor.
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TIL Buzz Aldrin’s (second person to walk the moon) mother’s maiden name is “Moon.”
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TIL about Alice Ball, an African American woman who, in 1915, at the age of 23 revolutionized the treatment for leprosy, by creating an soluble & injectable treatment from chaulmoogra oil.
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TIL that sodium batteries are a solid alternative to lithium batteries in industrial environments. Sodium is more abundant (500x) and cheaper than lithium. They are also considered safer (non-flammable). Energy density needs to improve for them to work for EV cars