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TIL that WWE holds a Pay Per View wrestling event called "Elimination Chamber", except it is known as "No Way Out" in Germany to avoid connotations of the gas chambers used during the Holocaust in WW2.

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neJpd TIL William Shockley, a co-inventor of the transistor, decided to cease silicon-based research. The remaining researchers disagreed with him and went on to form Intel, AMD and National Semiconductor.
WZKN TIL i learned firefighters would use dynamite to extinguish fires. Dynamite thrown directly into the flame causes all the oxygen to ignite instantaneously, therefore starving the fire so it goes out.
l15 TIL water is intrinsically blue.
7LBZ TIL Sam Worthington was broke and living in his car when he landed the lead role of Jake Sully in Avatar
awXe9 TIL: Television consumers in the US are encouraged to report to the FCC any commercials that exceed the volume of the regular programming. As of December 13, 2012, all television stations have been expected to abide by rules established under the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act.