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TIL Sony sold its waterproof Walkman in a bottle of water to prove it was really waterproof

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wmLJ TIL Ping Pong is the name of a company that sells table tennis equipment whereas table tennis is the name of the sport.
J18dm TIL about Aleksander Doba. At the age of 65, he kayaked from Senegal to Brazil across the Atlantic Ocean in a kayak without a sail, relying only on a paddle and his muscles. The voyage took 99 days and spanned 5394 kilometers.
Yp6Xx TIL Eisenhower passed the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 after gaining an appreciation for the German Autobahn system after serving as Commander during WW2. The act included a 10-year, $100 billion program, which would build 40,000 miles of highways across America.
yQPDe TIL In January 1979, 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer was arrested after killing a principal and a custodian at an elementary school in California. When asked why she did it, her reply was "I just don't like Mondays."
yVPdX TIL about Floyd Allen from Carroll County, VA who was sentenced to one year in jail. Rather than go to jail, Allen and his family pulled out guns in the courthouse and killed the Judge, the sheriff, the prosecutor and 2 others in a violent shoot out. Allen was later executed for his escape attempt.