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TIL the inventor of band aids made them because his wife cut and burned herself when see cooked

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7XK7 TIL that there are blue bandaids that have metal in them so that they can be found by a metal detector if they fall off a worker in the food preparation industry.
QJ8lE TIL VR is being used to help stroke victims recover faster and the feedback from VR helps the patient improve use of limbs
d8Med TIL there are multiple republics within Russia with their own governments and ethnicities including the Mari El folk who are one of the last remaining strongholds for practicing paganism.
v1MWK TIL that a solar storm in 2012 with a strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) missed Earth by nine days. Had the CME hit Earth, it would have inflicted serious damage to worldwide electronic systems and cost up to $2.6 trillion. The recovery time from such a disaster would have been about 4 to 10 years
4krYg TIL about Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. Sax survived multiple near-death experiences, including falling from a height, swallowing a pin, and surviving poisoning. Despite these challenges, he went on to revolutionize music with his creation of the saxophone in 1846.