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TIL that the name of the inventor of the lithium-ion battery (which is fine, but not perfect) is John B Goodenough

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VMRJ8 TIL that armadillos can cross streams or rivers either by inflating their intestines to float or by simply holding their breath and walking across the bottom.
gME9L TIL of Varina Davis, first lady of the Confederacy. Criticized for her olive skin tone and high level of literacy, she later became a newspaper columnist, was friends with Julia Grant (widow of Ulysses S. Grant) and declared in an article in 1901 that "the right side won the civil war".
rRw6W TIL: The death toll due to 9/11 continues to rise. Cases of "life-threatening illnesses such as mesothelioma and asbestosis" are being newly reported years after the incident, as victims in the vicinity were covered in dust from the World Trade Center, which was created using asbestos
Oo16g TIL about an old film from 1915 called Filibus, Though Italian reviews at the time of its release were negative, Filibus has been well received by later writers and film historians, who have highlighted the film's pioneering use of lesbian attraction, genderfluidity , and science fiction motifs.
v1NPr TIL that a huge number of chocolate companies source their chocolate from farms that use slavery and child trafficking to keep production costs low.