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TIL that Emma Stone’s husky, raspy voice is the result of having colic as a baby. Her vocal chords are now callused because of how severe the colic was.

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Ypo6x TIL that Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone, sold the series as a pure entertainment vehicle due to censorship he experienced with previous projects that would delve into controversial social/political issues. The Twilight Zone tackled the same issues but veiled in science fiction and fantasy
VBWYp TIL Bridgestone patented fire-retardant tyres in 1996
8eejG TIL Jesuit priest Angelo Secchi was a pioneer in astrophysics. He was the first to make systematic use of spectroscopy in stellar classification and proved that solar prominences viewed during an eclipse are features belonging to the Sun
8wQP TIL: Wikileaks leaked Manning’s identity, which is how “ex-hacker” Lamo, found him and ultimately turned him in
XYeX TIL while on duty at a Soviet nuclear attack warning station in 1983, Stanislav Petrov’s computer indicated the US had fired several missles. He decided his computer was faulty and urged against a launch. He was right, averting nuclear war, but was not rewarded and was reprimanded by his superiors.