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TIL: Kodak advertised a wind up movie camera using the image of the Hindenburg, with the tag line being “moments that make history”, a year before the Hindenburg was filmed with one when it was destroyed at Lakehurst, NJ

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m10QP TIL of Arthur John Priest, “The unsinkable stoker”. He survived 4 sinkings including the RMS Titanic and the HMHS Britannic. He was also onboard the RMS Olympic when it collided with the HMS Hawke.
x659k TIL Beer contains powerful compounds called “phytoestrogens” that mimic estrogen in the human body. In addition, many beers stimulate a hormone called prolactin–the same hormone that causes breast growth and milk production
kD7e TIL That rats, like dolphins and humans, are thought to have metacognition, the awareness of your ability to think.
AkJ4 TIL after Lebron James announced his move to the Miami Heat, the price of his Fathead was dropped to $17.41 (The year Benedict Arnold was born).
6EgOJ TIL that 12,000 bears are farmed for their bile in Asia which is used in traditional Chinese medicine and generates $2bn per year. Farming always involves surgery on the bears to insert a catheter or to cut a hole through the abdomen by which the bile leaks. Bear bile has no medicinal effect.