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TIL that Gutta percha, a commonly used root filling material, was once utilized for early submarine communication cables.

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N7d4P TIL two nurses, hired within months of each other to work the same shift on the same floor in the same Florida hospital found out that they were actually long-lost sisters from Korea who had been separated for almost 40 years
kJPWg TIL the woman who created the green bean casserole is in the Inventor's Hall of Fame
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