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TIL the first mass-produced bicycle for women was called the Ladies’ Psycho

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ZKkR TIL David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, fought so hard to prevent FM Radio from succeeding that the inventor of FM Radio, Edwin Howard Armstrong, commit suicide because of emotional and financial distress…brought on by RCA lawsuits.
58wB TIL that in 1992 a storm caused 29,000 rubber ducks to be washed off a container ship. The knowledge gained from studying the duck’s movement revolutionised our understanding of the ocean currents. Many of these ducks are still believed to be floating in the seas today.
vPZj TIL that people can tell Mormons from non-Mormons just by their face.
mLDy TIL many Hershey’s “chocolate” products do not contain substances legally defined as chocolate.
5919 TIL the Nigerian email scam is the modern version of a con called the Spanish Prisoner, which dates back to long before the Internet was invented.