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TIL before Playtex became one of the largest manufacturers of tampons, they made space suits for the Apollo mission.

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WkQGd School buses are yellow because we see yellow faster than any other colour; 1.24 times faster than we see red.
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6EoEW TIL The first streaming music service started in 1897. Users in New York could pick up their phones and connect to the Telharmonium, a central hub that would pipe music being played live by two musicians playing 24 hours a day.
E1YQP TIL In 1953, after the shooting ended in the Korean War, the Americans dropped leaflets offering $100,000 to any North Korean pilot who landed a MiG-15 in South Korea. A defector arrived soon after and the plane was impounded and meticulously examined. Chuck Yeager was among the first to fly it.
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