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TIL A star just disappeared and scientist cannot explain what happened.

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NXx1J TIL the city of Sialkot, Pakistan makes about 70% of all footballs/soccer balls in the world
OGxrg TIL In Tudor England, there was a type of criminal called a "baretop trickster". It was a woman who would flash her breasts to lure men into a house. Once the man was inside he would be robbed by the woman’s accomplices.
7rlE7 TIL, Vesta Stoudt, who had the idea for duct tape, couldnt get her bosses at a military ordnance plant to take her seriously. So she sent a letter to FDR who recommended it to the War Production Board where it was approved for use on ammo boxes.
a5jJ TIL That Beyonce once shut down a hospital floor to give birth, forcing patients and family members out such as a dad coming to see his 2 prematurely born kids
ljx7 TIL that a coal power plant releases over 100 times more radiation into the environment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy