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TIL Alfred Nobel considered naming dynamite "Nobel's Safety Powder"

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vQX7 TIL when introducing the character Agamemnon in “Time Bandits”, Terry Gilliam’s script read “The Greek warrior removes his helmet, revealing himself to be none other than Sean Connery, or an actor of equal but cheaper stature.” He wrote it as a joke never expecting Connery to be in the movie.
1amOd TIL: Modern sewage systems in the USA are designed to accommodate a peak demand or 'Super Flush' at halftime of the Super Bowl, the one time of the year that everyone uses the toilet at the same time.
m1nlE TIL The serial fraudster Charles W. Morse (AKA 'Ice King' from his New York ice monopoly) received a pardon from President Taft. The pardon was because Morse had Bright's Disease and would likely die in prison, it was later revealed that Morse had been consuming soap and chemicals to fake illness.
GWGQ TIL that Jack Daniel’s last words were, “One more drink, please”
Lkjr TIL John Norman, the little-known “white guy on the podium", made a major contribution to the 1968 Olympic black rights statement. He went home to Australia a pariah – his career ended by the AOC. He died in 2006 without any recognition, buried quietly by his lifelong friends: Cook and Carlos.