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TIL that one of Lucille Ball's first credited roles was with the Three Stooges.

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PYrvg TIL Barcodes were first invented to track railroad cars traveling across the country in the 1960s. A colored barcode was attached to steel plates on the side of train cars and scanned as they entered and exited railroad facilities.
69AeZ TIL pyridoxine chloride, the inactive form of vitamin B6 that’s found in most supplements, can actually lead to decreased vitamin B6 functionality
ANW7g TIL "Moby Dick" was in part inspired by the real-life sinking of the whaling ship Essex. Survivors of Essex resorted to cannibalism by lots, before being rescued, 89 days after the sinking.
KOmm4 TIL in 1633, a Turkish gentleman by the name of Lagâri Hasan Çelebi launched himself into the air on a rocket filled with 140 lbs of gunpowder. He landed in the river and was rewarded with silver by the Sultan. Mythbusters later tested this story in 2009 and considered it implausible.
Bggdr TIL that dozens of "ghost ships" wash up on the Japanese coast every year, believed to be North Korean fishing vessels lost at sea