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TIL Why the Can Opener Wasn’t Invented Until Almost 50 Years After the Can

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rN94e TIL that humans are the only animals that have chins
loeWA TIL a distillery on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent produces a rum that is 84.5 % alcohol by volume (169-proof). It's so strong that travelers are banned from taking a bottle back home with them.
9YVQ TIL that Norman Borlaug is considered to be one of the greatest humanitarians as he credited for saving billions of lives, but most people have never heard of him
AgWl TIL a whale’s throat can only fit roughly the dimensions of a beach ball, whereas its mouth can store up to 90 metric tons of food and water.
MG1a TIL the ‘Miss Cleo free tarot reading’ psychic hotline was generating $24 million a month for two years straight. The Miss Cleo herself only earned $1,750 for the three days it took to film the first infomercial