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TIL: Kate Upton doesn’t have to model for money, she’s rich! Great Grandfather was co-founder of Whirlpool.

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0ZVA TIL The N64 had online capabilities that were never released to the US.
8y08 TIL The first stealth technology test failed. They couldn’t understand why until they noticed a bird sitting on the test object. They blew a loud horn, the bird flew off, and the test object disappeared from the radar screen showing stealth technology was a success.
XEge6 TIL the Isle of Pabbay in the Hebrides was abandoned when every male resident of the island was lost at sea. Another of the Isles had all its sheep washed away by a wave
0dZML TIL that Vietnam population is almost 100 million, making it the 15th most populated country on Earth.
b9BnZ TIL in England in 1858, a confectioner making peppermint lozenges tried to purchase harmless powdered gypsum from a local pharmacist but was accidentally sold 12 pounds of arsenic trioxide. 21 people died and more than 200 others became ill when the poisoned candy was unwittingly sold to the public.