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TIL the 100,000th U.S. Patent was a Horse Sun Bonnet.

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gMRg7 TIL that if farmers don't properly dry the hay they're baling, the hay bales can spontaneously combust
epjxg TIL that cereal company General Mills had an Aeronautical Research Division that produced spy balloons for the American military and the CIA
nKgd TIL that a Swedish couple tried to name their child “Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116″ (pronounced Albin)
4kBrR TIL when a cartoon character pulls something out of a hidden pocket it is referred to as Hammerspace: an imaginary extradimensional, instantly accessible storage area in fiction, which is used to explain how animated, comic, and game characters can produce objects out of thin air.
OoJZ1 TIL of Neerja Bhanot - a stewardess on hijacked Pan Am flight 73. She hid the passports of American passengers to protect them. Hijackers shot passengers killing 22 and wounding 150. Bhanot was posthumously awarded medals of bravery by India, Pakistan, and the US.