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TIL Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfingers commercial before actually appearing on "The Simpsons"

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dDYvE TIL that matches were not created until 1826. As John Walker swirled a pot of chemicals, a lump formed at the end of the mixing stick. He tried peeling the dried chemicals off, burning the stick, and inadvertently creating matches.
5kER TIL: The first known “battery” dates back 2000 years, could produce up to 2 volts, and its use was unknown
R7Yll TIL:Kurt Cobain didn't know what Teen Spirit was until months after the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" came out.
R7wL4 TIL 14-yr-old Aidan Jackson seated 10,500 teddy bears in a rugby stadium to honor his friend Olivia Alice Walker who died at age 15 and to raise money for a Foundation in her name. He raised more funds by doing a swim equivalent to the English Channel over 3 months; the two had met at a swim club.
woZ7P TIL a Puget Sound orca called L25 is the oldest known living wild orca in the world. While her exact age is uncertain, she's estimated to be anywhere from her mid-80s to her mid-90s. In 1976 when the Center for Whale Research's census began, the original estimate for L25's birth year was 1928.