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TIL on 10 May 1977, Donald J. Smith and his father, Frank J. Smith, of Orlando, Florida, were awarded a patent for their variation of the comb over that conceals baldness by combing long hair in three separate directions.

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4WxX TIL John Lennon’s lost guitar was bought in a music shop in the late 60s. Forty years later, the owner discovered it belonged to Lennon after reading a magazine article, and then the guitar sold for $2.4 million in 2015.
NAjQ TIL A decade before the SR-71 first flew, the Military had a Mach 4.3 capable Ramjet created to test its own air defenses. It was so effective, it was cancelled to avoid embarrassing the military’s own air defenses any further. The man who designed it went on to create the SR-71 spyplane.
n5bo TIL that in the Spring of 1976, groundskeepers at Anaheim stadium discovered hundreds of marijuana plants growing in the outfield, apparently left by thousands of Who fans who had attended a concert there in the offseason and scattered the seeds everywhere. Angels in the outfield indeed…
4kDNN TIL about the true crime case of Shane coffey & how he meticulously planned to murder a woman in the UK after learning twice that she was talking to other males besides him & travelled all the way from Boston to the 🇬🇧 with a concealed 🔪 to carry out his plan only to be beaten up by her brother
xRb0 TIL people who think older cars are safer because ‘they’re heavier, not made of plastic,’ etc… are dead wrong.