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TIL John Boyd Dunlop invented the first (practical) pneumatic tyres to help ease the headaches his son experienced after riding his tricycle over the bumpy cobbled streets of Belfast

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DXaj TIL that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are both Atheists.. “Many people find religion to be very inspiring… Myself, I found it very stifling. I grew up with Christianity and I remember questioning it greatly.” -Brad Pitt
D1ElV TIL Lab Mice are unintentionally bread with long telomeres which could invalidate most studies involving mice.
awBg9 TIL Science shows that the Egg came first, not the Chicken. 1. The first egg was laid by a bird that was not a chicken. 2. The first amniotic (hard-shelled) egg laid on land was around 312 million years ago. Chickens are domesticated descendants of red junglefowl from at most 8000 years ago.
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WdO4 TIL: Four college football players entered a store in New Jersey that was closed but left unlocked. Security footage shows them leave money on counter for items they wanted.