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WTF Fun Fact – Ronald McNair

February 12, 2020 by WTF

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library in S. Carolina when 9yr-old Ronald McNair refused to leave. He later got a PhD in Physics from MIT and died in 1986 aboard the space shuttle Challenger. The library that refused to lend him books is now named after him. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNair

WTF Fun Fact – The Force

July 12, 2019 by WTF

In molecular physics, there is a principle called Van der Waals Forces, which are the tiny attractive forces between atoms and molecules. This is what allows geckos to stick to and climb almost anything. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-van-der-waals-forces-604681