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TIL they designed “Gorilla Glasses” with printed on eyes looking to the side to prevent eye contact with easily offended gorillas

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nWxmY TIL Michael Jackson incorporated rap into his music and The Notorious B.I.G. appeared in his song "Unbreakable" released for Invincible in 2001. Biggie's rap was originally for the album "I Can't Stop the Reign"
yQxlv TIL That Abigail Adams Sent a Letter to John Adams, A Few Months Before the Declaration of Independence Was Signed, to "Remember the Ladies".
grQp7 TIL As part of a live-fire test of a nuclear air-to-air rocket, 5 U.S. air crewmen agreed to stand directly beneath the nuclear explosion to prove it would not affect ground populations
p8p4 TIL that Nazis forged british pounds with a total value of 134,610,810. Their plan was to destabilise the British economy. The notes are considered among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced, being almost impossible to distinguish from the real currency.
Lbgv TIL the Wright brothers flew together just one time because they promised their father, who feared losing both sons in an airplane accident, that they would never fly together.