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TIL Thomas Midgley who invented Ethyl, the lead-based additive to gasoline, also invented chlorofluorocarbons, which just about destroyed the ozone layer. He got polio, invented a wire-and-pulley system to get himself out of bed, and then ended up being strangled by it.

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Breld TIL Feud between brothers led to founding of Adidas and Puma
b6Dv9 TIL while filming Game of Thrones, Charlie Dance (Tywin Lannister) apologized to Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) after every scene where he had to treat Dinklage "like shit."
wdOJ TIL Elvis Presley recieved a ‘C’ in his 8th grade music class when his teacher told him he “had no aptitude for singing”
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