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TIL that There Is a Secret Apartment at the Top of the Eiffel Tower

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KYlaw TIL that then-Congressman and future Vice President Dan Quayle was invited to investigate Jonestown with fellow Congressman, Leo Ryan, but declined. That declination ended up saving his life, as Ryan was later assassinated in Guyana.
N78lM TIL that Ralph Lauren's real name was Ralph Lipschitz.
D19xp TIL During WWII, Robert Johnson II’s Permacell division of Johnson&Johnson invented duct tape as a sealant for ammunition boxes to keep them from becoming waterlogged.
wLk41 TIL Tetris is addictive because it presents a continuous stream of incomplete tasks. Fulfilling those tasks gives players a constant sense of achievement.
BrJNk TIL synthetic shampoos weren't invented until the 1930s, with daily shampooing only becoming the norm in the 1970s and 1980s.