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TIL that when Jeff Hilger first started marketing the Koala Bear Kare Baby Changing Station in the 80's most businesses saw no need for it. It wasnt until after he started passing out fliers of a woman changing her baby's diaper on a dirty bathroom floor that his idea became a huge success.

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p8ja8 TIL that in the 1960's Philip Morris increased the addictiveness of Marlboro cigarettes by chemically free-basing the nicotine, which enhances potency without changing actual nicotine levels. ABC news accused PM of spiking Marlboro's with extra nicotine, and PM sued them for 10 billion USD.
Eggx TIL on August 9, 1965, Singapore was expelled from Malaysia, becoming the first and only country to date to achieve independence unwillingly
m1VOP TIL that Anna Sueangam-iam, Miss Thailand 2022, wore a dress made out of soda tab as a homage to her father who worked as a garbage collector
Z84Q4 TIL about Monica Seles who became the youngest-ever French Open singles Champion at the age of 16 years, 6 months in 1991 and a further 7 Grand Slams till 1993 when a fan invaded the pitch and stabbed her, she never really recover from the psychological setback.
4gZa TIL that when John Walker used a stick to stir a pot containing antimony sulfide, potassium chlorate & sulfur, some of the mixture stuck to the end of the stick. When he tried to scrape the lump, it easily caught fire (due to friction) & this led to the birth of friction matches.