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TIL that benefactor of Nobel prize, Alfred Nobel was also the inventor of dynamite

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VBX9k TIL that in the late 1800s, pharmaceutical company Bayer was trying to find a safer version of their popular cold medicine, morphine. This accidentally resulted in the creation and marketing of one of the most addictive and dangerous drugs, diacetylmorphine, commonly know today as “heroin”
d8nYK TIL that neon nail polish is not legal in the U.S. This is because the FDA has not approved the chemicals used in them and because companies do not want to register these new chemicals since it would be too expensive. This is why neon nail polish available in the U.S is actually imported.
eJn5 TIL That there are exactly 154 living kakapo (the world’s largest parrot) and that they each have their own name (Often Maori names to indicate their New Zealand heritage). Scientists track their parents to encourage genetic diversity.
QQ4d TIL Frederick Fleet, the fellow that spotted the fatal iceberg that caused the Titanic to sink, survived and committed suicide 53 years later.
JY1lm TIL in 2005 Vince McMahon tore both his quads sliding into the ring.