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TIL Tesla does not advertise because Elon Musk sees advertising as manipulative and dishonest

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lwMB TIL corn flakes were invented to cure masturbation.
BmRK TIL that the interior of the Skylab space station was so enormous that astronauts could get “stuck” in the middle, and had to either try and “swim” or wait for air currents to blow them back to a wall.
dpgr TIL that young children, especially twins, will often develop their own language that they can understand but is unintelligible to any adult observers
EP6w TIL J.D. Salinger saw more combat in World War II than almost any other American. He fought on D-Day (Utah Beach), in the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, and was one of the first Americans to enter a liberated concentration camp at Dachau.
6Evjl TIL that the first anti-hacking law was passed after President Reagan saw the movie War Games and asked his staff if this could happen. A week later the response was “Mr. President, the problem is much worse than you think.”