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TIL Ex Bassist of the all-female rock group 'The Runaways' won 87k on Jeopardy and is now an Attorney

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R7PbQ TIL A small percentage of the static you see on "dead" tv stations is left over radiation from the Big Bang. You're seeing residual effects of the Universe's creation.
dDjl7 TIL the ViewMaster was introduced in 1939. Film and paper were scarce, and production nearly stopped due to WWII, but a contract to produce airplane and ship identification and range estimation reels saved the product. The military purchased 100,000 viewers and six million reels during the war.
x6VBw TIL The Apple program HyperCard, a precursor to the first web browsers, was inspired by an acid trip that Apple engineer Bill Atkinson had
4QoN TIL during renovations on his house, a thigh bone was found in Benjamin Franklin’s house. In total, over 1,200 bones were pulled up, making up the remains of 6 children and 4 adults.
xVag1 TIL Norway will allow any student from anywhere in the world to study at their public universities completely free of charge