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TIL The Inventor of the Pringles Can was Buried in One

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B58K TIL that Bill Gates once released mosquitos during a Ted Talk, stating that “poor people shouldn’t be the only ones to have this experience.”
epOb6 TIL the HMS Conqueror is to date the only nuclear-powered submarine to engage and sink an enemy ship (in 1982 Falklands War).
nejBo A SpaceX rocket launch blew a temporary hole in Earth's upper atmosphere.
OovOe TIL Boston's debut album was initially rejected because band founder Tom Scholz had recorded and produced it entirely in his basement. In order to appease/fool the label, Scholz hired someone to pretend to produce the album while he rerecorded and reproduced the same album from his basement again.
a8eXA Today I Learned the Word for the Cancerous bumps on my husband's head. I grew up in a medically minded family so I have sent him to get moles checked before and there's been no problem. Today I learned what a Squamous Cell Carcinoma is and EVERYONE needs to know this.