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TIL Father and son died on the same day, 14 years apart while working on Hoover Dam

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7mXZ TIL learned that Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975 but didn’t pursue it since film was their big moneymaker.
XpLr TIL the first tanks in World War I were held together by rivets until it was discovered that explosions would turn the rivets into shrapnel, injuring soldiers in the tank even if the explosion did not penetrate the armor
nWEjW TIL of the 1972 Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor air show disaster.
a8DNL TIL that Jeff Bezos' ex-wife has given away more than $14 billion to more than 1,500 organizations since their divorce
gMeXW TIL that Noodles, guitarist for the The Offspring kept his job as a high school janitor for three months after the band got big because he promised his boss he wouldn't quit till the end of the school year