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TIL the Tulip Mania led to the laws that enabled futures contracts to be convertible into option contracts, a common investment vehicle today

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4pj5 TIL the inventor of Starlite, a material that can withstand the heat from a nuclear flash, never revealed the composition until his death.
W7OV4 TIL Rita Moreno had supporting speaking/singing roles in the movies "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) and "The King & I" (1956), years before winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in "West Side Story" (1961)
ZpmZp TIL that until 2021, Maryland's state song was "Maryland, my Maryland," a confederate war poem set to the tune of 'O Tannenbaum.' The opening line refers to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant, and the lyrics go on to describe the Union as "Northern Scum."
9wLxm TIL Justin Timberlake said of *NSYNC bandmate JC Chasez, "In my opinion, (JC) had the best voice out of all of us...Out of all the boy bands, call 'em what you will, he was the one that could out-sing all of us."
VBAK0 TIL: The trousers of the British Royal Air Force WWIl uniforms had two buttons that served as a compass when put together.