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TIL That Nicola Tesla invented and patented the first rotating speedometer.

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9wnjB TIL that Constance Spry, co-creator of Coronation Chicken, was also given the daunting task of arranging the flowers for Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation. In 1960, she slipped on some stairs and died an hour later. Her last words were supposedly, "Someone else can arrange this".
M7JO0 TIL Vesta Stoudt, an Illinois mom working in a WWII munitions plant, invented duct tape
v1JNr TIL A century ago there were 100,000 tigers. Now there are just 3,900 remain in the wild. About 75% of the world's tiger population live in just one country.
NX0pb TIL that the largest spider in the world, the Goliath Bird Eater, is edible and has been described as “shrimp-like”
6LX8 TIL material from pig intestines prompts the human body to replace damaged tissues with little or no scarring, recreating the healing efficiency of young children.