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TIL: Shaggy’s real name is Norville Rogers and in the original Scooby-Doo series, he was born in Coolsville.

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MeW77 TIL A man writing a book about an attack on the WTC was inside the Marriot hotel next door when the hotel collapsed on 9/11. He was saved by firefighters and evacuated off a metal beam from the 2nd floor after the hotel fell
BgMPe TIL that psychobilly pioneer Hasil Adkins had a tradition of mailing a copy of each single he released to the sitting president of the United States. In 1970 Richard Nixon wrote back, saying “I am very pleased by your thoughtfulness in bringing these particular selections to my attention.”
neJpd TIL William Shockley, a co-inventor of the transistor, decided to cease silicon-based research. The remaining researchers disagreed with him and went on to form Intel, AMD and National Semiconductor.
EJoo TIL that Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Tom Hanks have yearly colonoscopys together, and have a sleepover the night before.
5YjLk TIL that precious metals like gold can be artificially created in particle accelerators. Basically lighter atoms are bombarded with neutrons and electrons making them turn into heavier atoms which then decay into the desired metal. Unfortunately, the process is extremely expensive.