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TIL the wheel was first used for making pottery before it was used for transportation.

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epxVE TIL that in 1987, Kenneth Parks drove 20 kilometres in his sleep before attacking and killing his mother-in-law and injuring his father-in-law. He woke up on the way home and turned himself in. He was later found not guilty.
oRNZE TIL White Bread is the standard reference for measuring glycemic index, and it will spike your blood sugar more than if you ate pure sugar.
X04xD TIL a picture of H. H. Holmes, the serial killer, hangs in the University of Michigan hospital as part of their historic class photos. He graduated from their medical school in 1884 under the name of H. W. Mudgett
vvG8 TIL American taxpayers spent $32b in 2011 on companies that operate for-profit colleges, but most students leave without a degree, half of those within four months. There is reported “exorbitant tuition, aggressive recruiting practices, and taxpayer dollars spent on marketing and pocketed as profit”
4jeg TIL Ben Franklin had a business turning old rag newspapers into pulp & paper. He later got the contract to print US currency & begat the term “rags to riches”