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TIL When DuPont invented nylon in 1940, the first stockings manufactured were so good that DuPont chemists had to work on a weaker nylon that would enable runs on stockings and please the manufacturers.

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aJ6A TIL that fans sent “Get Well” cards to Evander Holyfield in advance of his fight with Mike Tyson where he was the 25-to-1 underdog. He went on to win the fight in one of the most shocking upsets in boxing history
lr65 [TIL] The Sun is so loud that if space was filled with air it would be 125db on Earth, 92 Million miles away
yVAwe TIL Coney Island was at one point and island and they artificially connected it to Brooklyn in the 1920s-30s
8Zb8 TIL Scotch Tape was named that because scotch used to mean ‘cheap’ and since it wasn’t as sticky as normal tape, someone asked the inventor why he’d gone 'scotch’ on the adhesive.
8QZa TIL that because of the number of low-hanging power lines in San Francisco, the city’s fire department still uses handmade wooden ladders, made by on-staff master ladder makers.