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TIL Pringles are technically not potato chips, they are molded out of powdered potato, wheat, and other additives

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KOd5R TIL that the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have been held by one and the same Muslim family since 1517. This is a way of maintaining a neutral guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, since the church is split between multiple Christian denominations.
ZdaR TIL: The original version of “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers did not chart on the UK Singles Chart until 2009, 38 years after its release.
69Yw7 TIL the remains buried in the Vietnam portion of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were later identified as 1st. Lt. Michael Blassie. Today, the tomb sits empty.
VMeKp TIL that during WW2, Japan launched Project Fugo, which sent hot air balloons to the U.S rigged with explosives. At the time, they were the longest ranged attacks in the history of warfare. However, they were largely ineffective due to weather, and caused only 6 deaths.
nW5mb TIL a chemistry student accidentally synthesized the chemical MPTP and gave himself Parkinson's syndrome.