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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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7g8r TIL The Molotov bread basket was a high-explosive incendiary bomb used on Finland that was named after Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, after he claimed Russia was not dropping bombs on Finland, but merely airlifting food to starving Finns.
oBdNR TIL Camels originated in North America and crossed the Bering land bridge to Asia.
69rEl TIL of Gelae, a genus of small brown beetles found in North and Central America. Notable members include Gelae baen, Gelae rol, Gelae belae and Gelae donut.
nWEPo TIL about the "Zeitpyramide" (or "Time Pyramid") which is a public art project in Germany where one block of the pyramid would be placed every 10 years. The construction of the pyramid began in 1993 and it is expected to be completed in the year 3183.
WoOL TIL that an Alabama man passed out drunk and was raped by a woman while he was unconscious. She became pregnant, and he was required to pay child support to his rapist.