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TIL that Fredric Baur, inventor of the Pringles can, had (at his request) his ashes interred in one. It was Original flavor.

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5K8B TIL a woman tried to use a fake million dollar bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at Wal-Mart and expected $998,325 in change
095 TIL there is a Doctor in Nashville who has developed a way to cure the blind using tissue from an adult donor, and an amniotic membrane transplant with tissue from the amniotic sac.
obx8 TIL that in 1978 Apple Corps (founded by The Beatles) sued Apple Computers for trademark infringement winning $80,000USD. As a condition of the settlement Apple Computers also agreed to never enter the music business, which they later violated in 2003 at the launch of the iTunes Music Store.
OoVEa TIL the B-52 Stratofortress is expected to stay in service until the 2050s, and at that point will have been in service for almost a century.
5Vgdr TIL Pete’s Dragon was turned into a live action movie! It hit theatres in 2016 and was made by Disney.