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TIL All three of Tom Cruise’s marriages ended when his wife was 33

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grmOA TIL that DuPont, who makes Teflon products like non-stick cookware, had been dumping toxic waste chemicals from Teflon production in the waters of Parkersburg, West Virginia for decades.
R0w8 TIL that the can opener was invented over 75 years after the invention of the can. Early cans were intended to be opened with a hammer and chisel.
WllB TIL that David Robinson grew so tall (7'0" by graduation) at the Naval Academy that he could not have served at sea, hurting any career in the US Navy. Instead of leaving the academy, as a compromise he was assigned to shore duty as an engineer before becoming a basketball superstar in the NBA.
jNYNE TIL about the Turritopsis Dohrnii, a jellyfish that can live forever.
9bwM TIL a broker spent $520m in a drunken stupor and moved the global oil price.