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TIL Charles Strite invented pop-up toaster (and nothing else) out of frustration. At the time, bread had to be turned manually in order to toast both sides, which resulted in cafeterias serving burnt toast most of the time.

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wdK8 TIL a man jumped from a burning plane at 18,000ft without a parachute and survived with a sprained leg. His crew-mates all chanced a crash landing and died.
nWk1r TIL that in response to "Brown vs Board of Education", the State of Georgia passed legislation to close de-segregated public schools, to abolish attendance requirements for desegregated schools, and to fund the establishment of white-only 'private schools' in their place.
e0676 TIL that George Orwell had trouble getting Animal Farm published due to Soviet-British relations during WW2. Once, a publisher agreed to release the novella but later reneged after warning from an officer at the British Ministry of Information. The officer was soon discovered to be a Soviet spy.
X0GZr TIL the sky looks blue because gases and particles in the air scatter light from the sun and shorter blue wavelength light is scattered more than other wavelengths, so we see more of the blue than other colors. Sunsets are more atmosphere scattering most of the blue so you see more reds and yellows
4kLER TIL that Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn” was a cover of a cover; it was first recorded in 1997 by Danish singer Lis Sørensen, then in 1994 by the original songwriters’ band Ednaswap (1994), followed by Trine Rein in 1996, before becoming a massive international hit in 1997 with Natalie’s version.