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TIL that 3M, creators of Scotch Tape and Post-It notes, sells e-readers for libraries to lend out, along with its own cloud library.

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Gm5N TIL that in 1948 the Nobel Peace prize was awarded to no one as “there was no suitable living candidate”. They did this in tribute to Mahatma Gandhi after he had been nominated that year but died before anyone was chosen.
7rAXM TIL that the crocodile, Gustave, is rumoured to have killed as many as 300 people and has avoided all attempts at capture
yQ08 TIL that in the summer of 2004 a man named Richard Clam waited 3 days for the shotgun seat of a helicopter giving grand canyon tours only to commit suicide by opening the door at 4000 feet and jumping from the aircraft.
epx1n TiL that the stock trading shenanigsns in the 1983 film TRADING PLACES actually helped change financial trading laws in 2010 with what became known as 'The Eddie Murphy Rule'.
9w5Rr TIL that in Spain, there is only one town whose name begins with the letter W, being the town of Wamba (Vamba), named in honor of the Gothic king of the same name postumatically.