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TIL that the word "Podcast" came from "iPod + Broadcast"

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KO0Ya TIL about Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) who delivered a 1950 Senate floor speech ("Declaration of Conscience") against McCarthyism - while he was seated behind her. McCarthy removed her from a subcommittee and financed her (unsuccessful) primary challenger. She voted for his censure in 1954.
nVMB TIL Lay’s WOW chips were recalled because they made people literally shit their pants
YpEBx TIL that during an awards ceremony for the Seal Team 6 operators who were on the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden, CIA Director Leon Panetta disclosed classified information in a speech. One of the attendees was Mark Boal, who would go on to write the script for Zero Dark Thirty
QJrgX TIL- 7-up originally contained Lithium
ovbR TIL Scientists are currently working on a substance that could give anybody the Spiderman ability of walking up walls and ceilings.