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TIL NASA invented invisible braces, scratch resistant lenses, and much more.

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e0ajg TIL beavers have orange teeth because they are made of iron instead of magnesium like other rodents. The iron causes the orange colouring in beavers’ teeth, makes the teeth stronger against mechanical stress, and makes them more resistant to acid.
LkNnV TIL when three brothers discovered they were descended from Adolf Hitler's family, they all made a pact to never have children in order to end the Hitler bloodline.
vYe8 TIL there exists a painting in the dome of the US Capitol Building that depicts George Washington literally ascending to heaven and becoming divine.
aOwo TIL the oldest continuously operating brewery in the world is in Germany and it has been in operation since 1040.
wGbM TIL That President Kennedy promised to “end housing discrimination with a stroke of the pen” when he got in to office; when he didn’t do so, Civil Rights groups sent thousands of pens to the White House in protest.