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TIL in 1987 Jamie Lee Curtis invented a diaper with a moisture proof pocket for wipes, but would not let her invention be marketed until companies sold biodegradable diapers.

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Ay7a TIL The French mathematician Descartes had a theory that monkeys and apes were able to talk – but kept quiet in case they were asked to do any work.
5YBXR TIL In the 300 BC the Greek mathematician Aristarchus created a formula capable of accurately calculating the distance of the Sun from Earth.
0drZA TIL orbital trajectories can be patented, and a telecommunications satellite was once abandoned after a necessary maneuver turned out to be owned by Boeing.
X0BAj TIL during the Crimean War, Adolphe Sax invented two other devices after the saxophone. Neither was built: he created the "Saxotonnerre", an engine-driven organ intended to be so loud as to be heard throughout all of Paris.The second was the "Saxocannon", a cannon capable of obliterating a city.
5V508 TIL of J. L. Hunter "Red" Rountree, who after his wife passed and seemingly with nothing left to live for decided to commit his first bank robbery at the age of 86. Red blamed banks for making him bankrupt and by the time he passed away in 2004 he had robbed 2 more banks.