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TIL that the name for the shape of Pringles is called a ‘Hyperbolic Paraboloid’.

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GApjj TIL the motorcycle used by Henry Winkler's character "The Fonz" on the show Happy Days was the same bike used to jump the fence by Steve McQueen in The Great Escape.
49gw TIL In the mid 1800’s millions of American children learned in school that one taste of alcohol could lead to blindness, madness or death. And there was the possibility too, the children were told, of spontaneous combustion; just one drink of alcohol might cause their bodies to go up in flames.
n8pP TIL Tetris was originally created as a simple game to test the capabilities of new Soviet hardware. This is the original version.
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