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TIL Playtex, now known for feminine hygiene products, developed the primary spacesuit for the Apollo program.

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grKND TIL that even if King Charles III had an older sister, he still would have been first in line to the throne; male-preference primogeniture wasn't changed to absolute primogeniture until the 2011 Perth Agreement.
v1GrK TIL of Jonathan Reed, a man who loved his wife so much that when she died, he moved into her tomb. He decorated it like a home and even brought their parrot to live with them. “My only pleasure is to sit here with all that is left of her.”
VM8L4 TIl an english garbage man won the lottery for 10 million pounds (25 mill USD in today's money), lost all of it then 8 years later reapplied for his old job as a garbage man.
PYJ8g TIL Orgasm Headaches are a real thing! :(
e0KDL TIL that Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, tried to sell his idea to the auto industry and was turned away. When they began showing up on new cars, he sued the manufacturers from the industry and won millions of dollars in settlements.