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TIL Abba turned down a $1 billion offer to reunite

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aw179 TIL that one of the pioneers of the pneumatic tyre,John Dunlop,came across his idea when his son kept having headaches when cycling. He inflated some tubes of rubber and attached them to his son's tricycle - it was a hit and he went on to found one of the largest companies in the early 20th century.
jNL0a Today I learned that undercover cops wear a “Color of the Day” in order to not mistake each other for civilians. Put in place after a white cop killed a black undercover cop.
7pvL TIL the band Creed once put on such a bad show that a $2,000,000 class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all of the fans in attendance.
aN0A TIL that the term “scot-free” was actually absorbed into English from the Norse word “skattefri”, which means “without tax”.
m1Vwo TIL our ABO blood group antibodies are due to early minor infections likely from Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae and Influenza virus epitopes.