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TIL, The common “I Voted” sticker was created and patented by a woman named Janet Boudreau

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jDvv TIL that IBM made a movie, quite literally, out of atoms.
ONL6 Montreal’s subway trains use brake shoes made from wood soaked in peanut oil. They are quieter and don’t wear out metal wheels as much as more conventional alternatives.
5Y8k TIL a Roman serial killer was raped by a specially trained giraffe then torn apart by animals as a form of punishment
XEMgr TIL Pennsylvania Leads the World in Junk Food Production
l7Ar TIL- Domino’s Pizza and Little Caesars Pizza, two of the nation’s biggest pizza chains, were founded 18 miles apart and still maintain their corporate capitals less than 50 miles apart