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TIL that Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, invented the swivel chair.

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KON7Q TIL Georges Charpak was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention and development of particle detectors. In 1944 he was deported to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he remained until the camp was liberated in 1945
rNlLy TIL the Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem quality rough diamond ever found was sent from South Africa to the UK by registered post, while a fake was conspicuously shipped in a safe guarded by detectives.
woy5W TIL that in August 1996 around 80 members of the film crew for the movie Titanic, including Director James Cameron, ate lobster chowder on set that was spiked with the drug PCP. A suspect was never identified and the case was later closed in February 1999.
9YPZ6 TIL The dimples on a golf ball allow it to travel up to twice the distance of a smooth ball. The dimples increase lift and decrease drag
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