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TIL of the Great Smog of London. In 1952, several days of intense smog that killed thousands and sickened 100,000.

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BgbZx TIL in 2015 an unemployed 30-year old Princeton grad killed his rich father when his allowance was cut down from $1,000/week to $300. He received a 30 year prison sentence
69QGl Today I learned In 1981, General Mills received the first patent for a microwave oven popcorn bag; popcorn consumption saw a sharp increase then by tens of thousands of pounds.
yDXl TIL of a boy who got his own NASA space suit. He lived in a bubble for all his life since he had a disease that left him defenseless against germs. The suit allowed him to go outside and play. And although the procedure to put it on was complicated, he could finally go and learn with kids his age.
jNvXN TIL comedy legend Mel Brooks was an uncredited producer of The Elephant Man, released in 1980. He was left off the credits for fear that fans would believe the movie was a comedy.
ZlPR TIL a British man spent three days pushing a Brussels sprout with his nose to the summit of one of the UK’s tallest mountains: “People definitely think I’m mad, and I’m beginning to think it myself.”