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TIL that a teenage girl invented the genre of science fiction

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b9pB4 TIL about Garrett Morgan who with only an elementary school education went on to patent several inventions, including an improved sewing machine and traffic signal, a hair-straightening product, and a respiratory device that would later provide the blueprint for WWI gas masks.
VMvpm TIL the term "butterfly effect" in chaos theory did not have its origin in a Ray Bradbury short story
awDQJ TIL that on their 2000 album 'Hooray for Boobies', the Bloodhound Gang included a track called "The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey". The song is just ten seconds of silence.
gMy4b TIL that Eddie from one hit wonder 'Charles & Eddie' was in a band with Faith No More drummer Mike Bordin and late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton
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