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TIL a NASA scientist invented the Super Soaker

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16AKW TIL Mike Judge created Boomhauer's voice based on a disgruntled viewer's voice mail that he couldn't understand. The voice mail was left during the Beavis and Butthead days. Here is a link to that voice mail.
XErl8 TIL Sweden has a forest of oak trees planted 200 years ago because their Navy at the time needed them for ships
neAKr TIL: Chickens will sometimes eat their own eggs and have to be actively discouraged from this behaviour, before they acquire a “taste” for them.
mJxR TIL of Paul Modrowski: Sentenced to life in prison for supposedly lending his car to someone who supposedly murdered a man, even though that person has since been ACQUITTED. He’s been in prison for almost 20 years. He’s kept a blog meticulously detailing his experiences.
VMwep TIL Margaret Hamilton, a self-taught computer programmer, coded the software that landed Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in 1969