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TIL that Pringles cannot call themselves potato chips because only 42% of the chip is made of potatoes. The rest is made out of rice, flour, and other fillers.

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Oown1 TIL of an early variation of the jockstrap, called the "suspensory". It was developed in the 1820s as way to lift the scrotum away from the saddle. General Custer's suspensory is on display at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Museum.
ZpPlD TIL a carriage carrying US President Theodore Roosevelt was struck by a trolley that was speeding because its occupants wanted to meet him and were running late. The crash injured Roosevelt and killed his bodyguard & good friend William Craig.
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