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TIL the 1978 space-cadet keyboard had built-in emoji keys
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TIL: In the 1930s, metallic paints were invented for cars. They were made with fish scales and it would take 40,000 herring to make a single kilo of paint.
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TIL Dr. John Kellogg who ran the Battle Creek Sanitarium starting in 1876 believed that most ailments resulted from unclean bowels full of toxins from undigested food. To that end, he administered enemas with a device capable of running fifteen gallons of water through a patient's bowel in seconds.
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TIL that the founder of Chili's restaurant chain, Larry Levine, was inspired to open a restaurant that served chili and burgers and had the friendly environment of the chili cookoffs his Father in-law hosted. His FIL was famed racing driver and performance car constructor, Carroll Shelby.
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TIL Lay’s WOW chips were recalled because they made people literally shit their pants
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TIL that most of the flight team responsible for the Voyager spacecraft have had their jobs since the 1980s; the team's lead scientist is 81 years old