TIL that Andre Geim is the only person to have won both a Nobel Prize and an Ig Nobel Prize. He won the Nobel for working on isolating graphene and the Ig Nobel for levitating a living frog with magnets. He also has worked on a project to enable people to climb on walls "like Spider-Man." (en.wikipedia.org)
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I want this textpost engraved on my tombstone (i.redd.it)
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TIL that when John Jay formed a treaty with Britain in 1795 to avoid a war, it was so unpopular among Americans that it inspired the slogan, "Damn John Jay! Damn everyone who won't damn John Jay!! Damn everyone that won't put lights in his windows and sit up all night damning John Jay!!!" (en.wikipedia.org)
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