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TIL the country of Zambia had its own rock scene during the 70’s

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VJdp TIL that the vibrator was created to treat Hysteria because doctors were taking too long to manually masturbate women.
LkB0m TIL that according to DuPont, the name "Nylon" was originally called "No-Run," but was modified to "Nuron" to avoid making an unjustified claim. Later it was changed to "Nilon" to make it sound less like medicine, and then eventually "Nylon" so that people would pronounce it properly.
gMg0W TIL that Jack O’Lanterns originated in Irish folklore from the Legend of "Stingy Jack", who invited the Devil to have a drink with him.
j6JQQ TIL Winston Churchill said, "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons."
QNRrd TIL of the RP FLIP, an open ocean research vessel owned by the US Office of Naval Research. It is a one of a kind vessel capable of flipping orientation from horizontal to vertical by filling/emptying an incredibly long water reservoir.