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TIL that Samsung used to be a grocery store at first , and became the giant of electronics after 1969.

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ape9 TIL Aaron Paul, Jesse from “Breaking Bad”, was once a contestant on “The Price is Right”.
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b6mK9 TIL Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, a French entomologist, living in Medford, Mass. in the late 1800s, decided to create a cross-breed of caterpillars from native North American moths and European caterpillars Lymantria dispar, in order to start a competitive silk industry. (rest of the story in comment)
ANJa TIL that most Muslims in Arab nations do not believe Arabs carried out the 9/11 attacks.
m1Yno TIL that after Toyota recalled millions of cars for stuck accelerator pedals, a man was freed from prison after his Toyota caused an accident that killed 3.