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TIL about the accidental invention of the potato chip

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7rPgP TIL when scientist say we are in a "hologram" they mean the information defining the organization of matter has been stored in some form (like on a blackholes surface) even though the matter no longer represents that information in our universe
5YkGR TIL Krusty the Clown from the Simpsons was originally intended to be Homer in disguise, which explains why they look so similar.
p8D5Z TIL the hottest temperature ever recorded on earth was 56.7°C in Death Valley, CA, in 1913
QJ1r6 TIL that after the Salem Witch Trials, the town realised that they had made a mistake and compensated the families of the people they had convicted. More than 200 people had been accused of witchcraft, and 20 of them had been executed.
b6va4 TIL about the Camondo Stairs in Istanbul, Turkey which were built by Abraham Salomon Camondo in the 1870s. The stairway was constructed as a shortcut for his children to go to school and its hexagonal shape was designed to prevent his children from falling further down the steps in case they fell.