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TIL that you can undo sent emails on Gmail, meaning the other person never has to see them

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E1pd7 TIL that there are four different kinds of orgasms
5YErB TIL For the film Stargate, Kurt Russell was paid twice his going rate because he was the only actor at the time to have "zero unlikability" in a global poll.
5Pjk TIL in 2004, Bose Corporation (known for hi-fi audio equipment) disclosed that it sank over $100 million into a new type of automobile suspension, which used electromagnetism rather than hydraulics.
m1ZlY TIL about the final episode of the TV show Howdy Doody. To save money the three different actors who played Clarabell the clown over the 13-year run were not allowed to speak, but communicated through mime and a horn. The series ended with Clarabell looking into the camera to say "Goodbye, kids."
dD5LQ TIL: The US developed the chemical compound Cyanogen Chloride for use in WW2 against Japan. It is a highly toxic blood agent that could penetrate gas masks. Truman decided against using it and opted for the atom bomb. It is now listed in the Chemical Weapons Convention and has never been deployed.