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TIL that snooker was invented by a British army officer named Neville Chamberlain. He was a distant cousin of Neville Chamberlain, who would become famous for being Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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GYeNg TIL Frank Epperson invented ice popsicles by accident when she was just 11 years old. It happened when left soda powder and water outside overnight. Two billion popsicles are now sold every year around the world.
MewW TIL Muslims do not “struggle” to pray in space, and Islamic scholars have convened on the topic twice and published their scholarly opinions in “Muslim Obligations in the International Space Station”
7888X TIL Shit Life Syndrome (SLS) is a term that has been used by doctors in the United Kingdom and the United States to describe the effect that a variety of adverse socioeconomic factors can have on patients.
4XNaw TIL Starbucks would not exist without the intervention of Bill Gates’ dad, who yelled at and shamed a colleague for trying to outbid Howard Schultz’ on Starbucks and steal “a kid’s” dream away from him. The colleague withdrew and Gates Sr. helped Howard Schultz fund the deal.
ne16d TIL Family guy ripped a video off Youtube to use in their show without asking the original creator/uploader. Fox promptly claimed the video violated their copyright and had it taken down. Only when the shows creator Seth McFarlane stepped in, the content was reinstated.