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TIL - Lighters were invented before matches.

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yL6l TIL that Nissan used the number 23 in racing because the number 2 translates to ni. And, the number 3 translates to san. 23 translates to ni-san.
pYwGb TIL about Walter Bonatti and Amir Mehdi, forced to spend a night on K2 without a tent because the first ascenders were afraid of being overshadowed. Bonatti upstaged them 4 years later summitting the even harder Gasherbrum IV; Mehdi was maimed by frostbite and never climbed again.
OGbZg TIL about "bear raids" in finance, which is a term used to describe a situation where an investor, group, or entity attempts to influence the price of stocks downward in order to either profit from a short position or acquire a new long position at a lower price.
R7Wlj TIL the last US President to fluently speak a foreign language was FDR (French and German).
jMNE TIL Alligator blood can destroy many bacteria and viruses, including HIV!