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TIL Banana Boat had a class action lawsuit filed against them. A lab tested their SPF 50 at only SPF 12.69, as well as Consumer Reports stating “28 out of 60 lotion bottles contain less SPF protection than they claimed on the labels”

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WkyxL TIL Conrad Heyer, born in 1749, is the earliest-born person to ever be photographed. He served as a soldier under George Washington's army.
OQoR TIL that every single ruler of Germany (AKA East Francia or the Holy Roman Empire), from Charlemagne to Kaiser Wilhelm II, is part of a contiguous family tree. Even if it’s occasionally through marriage, that’s over 1,000 years.
ZpKgY TIL that 'Arniston', a British East India Company sailing ship, shipwrecked with the loss of 372 lives because the ship owners refused to buy a marine chronometer; an easy and cheap addition to her equipment.
R7vl7 TIL that American long-distance open-water swimmer Lynne Cox is known for being the first person to swim the 2.5 miles between the United States and the Soviet Union, via the Bering Strait. She was jointly congratulated by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan.
6EBnY TIL That in 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated for attempting peace with Palestine.