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TIL Kerosene fueled cook stoves cooked food using technology based on kerosene lamps. Over 3 million US homes had such stove in 1922

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vPjxL TIL Keanu Reeves was originally offered the role of Chris in Michael Mann’s 1995 movie Heat. He turned it down to play Hamlet in theatre, Val Kilmer was given the role instead
eO9E TIL US Army has a working prototype of a land-based laser cannon that can be guided by an Xbox controller
neXdd TIL that Jeannette Rankin was the first women voted into the United States congress, famously before US women were allowed the right to vote. As of today, she remains the only woman Montana has elected to Congress.
valr TIL that America has a set of giant stone slabs, etched with “rules” for post-apocalyptic humanity in many different languages. It can be used to chart the sun and stars, and warns against “petty laws and useless officials”. No one knows who funded creation of the monument.
v17Dx TIL - The artist with the record for most musical appearances on SNL is David Grohl with 14