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TIL Al Gore won the Noble Prize over a woman who saved 2,500 children during the Holocaust

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8e80K TIL that black and white film can be developed using instant coffee and sodium carbonate, a process called “Caffenol”, instead of utilizing traditional developing chemicals.
ADxxB TIL that in 2001, Pizza Hut delivered to the International Space Station costing them roughly one million USD
wLMJP TIL Curious George's name is "Hitomane Kozaru" in Japan, "Peter Pedal" in Denmark, and "Nicke Nyfiken" in Sweden. He was given the spunky name "Zozo" in the UK, because people thought it was disrespectful to name a monkey after the current king.
ZpaoB TIL: large earthquakes can systematically trigger other large earthquakes on opposite sides of the earth
oB6ar TIL The guy who produced Billy Idol's records also wrote "Don't You Forget About Me" (Breakfast Club) and offered it to Simple Minds. They initially declined. Billy Idol, Bryan Ferry, and several others also passed. So Simple Minds reconsidered, and it went on to top the charts in several countries.