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TIL Velcro hates it when you use "Velcro" as an actual word.

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eYKg TIL that a health benefit of roller coasters is that the centripetal force can help pass kidney stones
ADdpa TIL Cesar Chavez had a dog named Boycott who taught him "to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings." He said “Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting, and rodeos are all cut from the same defective fabric: violence.”
E1dy7 TIL of a town named Agloe, New York. It doesn't sound all that special until you find out that it doesn't exist! . A town Map Makers made up to catch people infringing on their copyrighted maps! Its an example of a Paper Town
rNVrW TIL Prior to the Reagan era trickle down economics was called Horse and Sparrow Theory, as in feed the horse lots of oats and the sparrows get to pick it out of their poop.
8eR8X TIL Air Conditioning was Invented in 1902 to Dry Ink, but Became Popular After Installation in a Movie Theater in New York 20 years Later.