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TIL that in 2013, 9 American babies were named ‘Cheese’

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0yBy TIL That Napoleon commissioned the development of a system that would allow his troops to communicate at night in the front lines, which was eventually taught to and perfected by 12 year old student Louis Braille.
nbxG TIL A woman was nearly killed after teens threw a 20 lbs frozen turkey through windshield of her moving car. When she woke from a coma with brain damage and a surgically reconstructed face, she pressed for leniency in the case, transforming the delinquent teen’s life. They still keep in touch today.
VBQ90 TIL That Ball Corp, famous for it's mason jars, is the world's largest producer of aluminum beverage cans, producing over 112 billion cans per year.
69ALQ TIL about the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), the most environmentally friendly form of pest control. Disease carrying insects, including mosquitoes and tsetse flies, are sterilized with radiation and released to mate with wild females, rendering their eggs useless.
e0nwJ TIL that from 2013 to 2016, US physicians accepted $24.94 billion from pharmaceutical companies, in nearly 41 million transactions, and there is a searchable web database where you can find out if your doctor has accepted any payments, from whom, how much, and the nature of the payment.