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TIL Nicholas McKay invented the lint roller after needing masking tape, a paper roll, and some wire to clean his suit before chaperoning his son's high school dance in 1956.

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VB6Nm TIL that Frank Abagnale, the real-life inspiration for Catch Me If You Can, fabricated most of his infamous conman exploits, and much of his story was a hoax.
BgmYb TIL that Arthur MacArthur IV, the only child of Douglas MacArthur of WWII fame, has been living a private life since his father’s death in 1964, living under an assumed name and residing in the Mayflower Hotel until 2004.
wXE7 TIL that Florida passed a law requiring toddlers in state-run schools to listen to classical music every day, and in 1998 the governor of Georgia budgeted $105,000 per year to provide every child born in Georgia with a tape or CD of classical music.
BrGeb TIL The band Kiss makes Kiss Kaskets and Dimebag Darrell was buried in one.
ADgro TIL Moken Children have the ability to make their pupils as small as humanly possible, and change the shape of their lens to give them better vision beneath the water....much like dolphins can.