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TIL Potato chips were invented in 1853 when a cook got fed up with a customer sending his fried potatoes back to the kitchen for being too soggy. To spite the customer, he sliced the potato as thin as he could, deep fried them to hell, and dumped piles of salt on them. They were instantly loved.

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GAlL7 TIL that when "Goofus and Gallant" first debuted in "Children's Activities" magazine in 1938 (under the title "The G-Twins"), they were depicted as Elves instead of children. They wouldn't become children until 1952.
8YA4 TIL that License to Kill (a James Bond film) was originally titled License Revoked; the name was changed as too many people didn’t know the definition of ‘revoked’.
OO8R TIL that one of the hikers who found “Ötzi,” a 5000 year old mummy buried in ice in the Alps, was found dead, buried in ice, after a hiking accident in 2004. He is one of 7 people linked to the mummy to have died within the same year.
VMkgZ Airbus has started testing an aircraft that can fly more than 20 hours without needing to refuel. The A350-900 XWB will go into service for Singapore Airlines next year, flying passengers between Singapore and New York City on a 19-hour trip — nearly an hour longer than the longest current flight.
epWOk TIL of Carlo Acutis (1991-2006), an Italian teenager and web designer. After two alleged miracles were attributed to him, Pope Francis announced he will be canonized, making him the first saint of the millennial generation.