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TIL 1 in 5 CEOs have psychopathic tendencies

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l7GKr TIL in 1907, chemist Leo Baekeland accidentally overheated a mixture of chemicals while trying to find a substitute for shellac. Instead, he created Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic, which transformed manufacturing and paved the way for the modern plastics and polymer industry.
8e9Oa TIL the game Rock Paper Scissors dates back to the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) and spread throughout the world via Japan in the early 20th century
P19lG TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors.
b99mp TIL that since 1405 until the present day without interruption, the city of Lausanne (Switzerland) has maintained a lookout in the Cathedral bell tower. The lookout announces the time by yelling the hour from 10 pm to 2 am, 365 days a year. The lookout cries the hour to each cardinal direction
9wZ4Q TIL that on May 17, 1947 at Fenway Park a 3lb smelt fell out of the sky and hit Red Sox pitcher Ellis Kinder in the head