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TIL Bell didnt discover the Telephone first

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16aQP TIL CIA satellites in the 1960s would jettison heat-shielded film canisters with parachutes back to earth, to be retrieved in mid-air by plane
6EWgJ TIL Matels iconic Barbie Doll design was actually born in Germany in 1952. The inspiration for Americas most famous doll was a saucy highend prostitute named Lilli. Originally a comic-strip character, the Bild Lilli doll became so popular she was immortalized in plastic & sold as an adult novelty.
9Yk1Q TIL that most chewing gum made since WWII is based with synthetic petroleum polymers, making it non-biodegradable. Gum is the 2nd most littered object, and is expensive and time consuming to clean up.
QN7G6 TIL that the longest democratically elected communist government in history was the 34 year Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front rule in the Indian state of West Bengal
xVvaD TIL Scientists can read ancient sealed documents and book without opening them