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TIL that Stephen Hawking was badly abused by his second wife, Elaine Mason

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l9vV TIL slugs evolved from snails, and exposing baby snails to platinum turns them into slugs.
R5xlQ TIL the vast majority of cheese isn't vegetarian
yQEDX TIL when Eggo waffles were first sold in 1953, they were named “Froffles”, short for frozen waffles.
MekNB TIL that the first man to survive a fall off of Niagara falls in a barrel died slipping on an orange peel
D1Gkr TIL that a former presidential chief strategist and advisor, was at one time the CEO of the Biosphere 2 Experiment. The Biosphere 2 Project was the multi-year endeavor to see if humans could live in a closed environment for a long period of time.