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TIL Kellogg’s Corn flakes were part of a plan to reduce masturbation and sexual energy, and invented by a sanitarium director

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4kXAg TIL That The Bing Crosby Laboratories and a research team funded by Crosby created the first videotape recorder (VTR).
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99ZQ TIL of the Nedelin catastrophe - a Soviet ICBM launch that went wrong, killing 78 (or more) people, who could not escape the explosion and burning fuel. It was suppressed by the government until 1989. Graphic video in comments
b6MAQ TIL that the Luxor Sky Beam in Las Vegas is the most powerful manmade light in the world. It is visible from up to 275 miles away, and temperatures of 500 °F have been recorded just above the light's surface. Airline pilots often use it as a landmark for navigation when flying at night.
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