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TIL the guy who invented Vaseline used to go city to city dipping his hand in acid and burning it, showing previous wounds that had healed using his product

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Wpy9 TIL that in 1936 a patent for a “flying saucer” called Aerodina Lenticulara was applied for. The same inventor is also credited by some with the world first jet in 1910. In 1905, he also built a missile-aeroplane for the Romanian Army.
8aVwG TIL in 1938 nazi Germany began an expedition to challenge Norwegian claims in Antarctica, primarily for control of whale oil; a hotly desired commodity for the production of margarine. The story has since developed into a conspiracy theory about secret nazi ice bases supported by alien technology
nWvpr TIL NJ landmark Lucy the Elephant was used by offshore bootleggers as a signal light.
Z8N4Y TIL the deep male voice behind the songs of Boney M. are from a German producer named Frank Farian, not from the 'main' frontman male 'vocalist' Bobby Farrell. Frank Farian was also the same guy that 'fabricated' the group Milli Vanilli, in which none of the frontman sang any lyrics of their tracks.
EmX TIL ZZ Top turned down $1,000,000 to shave their beards for a Gillette commercial.