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TIL Silly Putty was invented as a replacement for Japanese-controlled rubber sources in WWII.

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D1ZDe TIL hat-makers in the 19th century regularly used mercury in the manufacturing of felt hats, which caused a high rate of poisoning and led to neurological damage like slurred speech, memory loss, and tremors. This was the inspiration for the Mad Hatter character in Alice in Wonderland.
b98WQ TIL, the Pygmy Marmoset is the smallest of all monkey species and does not have opposable thumbs or prehensile tails
OX0Y TIL in 1893 the Queen of Hawaii attempted to restore power to the crown and the native Hawaiians, with the support of more than two-thirds of registered voters. She was immediately overthrown by American businessmen and Hawaii soon became part of the United States.
Wyv4 TIL: The TV series “Gargoyles” was voiced largely by former Star Trek cast members.
e0nmn TIL that in Peru in 2007, a meteorite impact caused a "mystery illness" that turned out to be widespread arsenic poisoning from the meteorite evaporating contaminated groundwater