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TIL Peter Jackson owns the original Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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lA9V TIL The death toll of the Halifax explosion would have been significantly higher if not for a lone railway dispatcher. The railyard had evacuated after being warned of the impending explosion, but one man ran back to telegraph halt orders to all inbound trains for Halifax, saving hundreds of lives.
QNJwa TIL NASA worked with a company to create a material called translucent polycrystalline alumina (TPA). It was intended to protect infrared antennas on heat-seeking missiles. This material would later be used for invisible braces due to its strength and transparency.
D1lLD Til that in 1989 the U.S.A was going to build a 50 mile long particle accelerator in texas that would have discovered the higgs-boson 10 years before CERN.
7D6P TIL compared to average shoppers, chefs are more likely to buy generic store brands for sugar, baking soda, and other kitchen staples
loOya TIL that teddy bears exist because "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to kill a real bear