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TIL The first snowboard was invented in 1917 & patented in 1939

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J1bov TIL that space has a distinct smell and in 2008, NASA hired a chemist to recreate that scent for training astronauts.
J1Ynv TIL in 1944, an American named Robert Earl Hughes was drafted into the US Army. At the time, he weighed over 700 pounds and was able to walk without any assistance. He served 21 months.
mxGEv TIL during WWII, Finland set off hundreds of mines left by retreating Soviets by playing the same polka song about 1500 times
X9g6 TIL San Diego County Inspectors, through the use of ‘Secret Shoppers’, found that Target overcharges customers on 10.3% of the items they ring up; Brookstone: 10.6%; Sears: 15.7%
X07vE TIL about anterograde amnesia. People with this condition completely forget very recent events, yet most of them can learn and retain new skills - even though they forget every day that they had learned those skills yesterday.