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TIL the concept of putting wheels on luggage was invented in 1970, a year after we put humans on the moon.

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PNVV TIL that every sweepstakes must legally have a free method of entry, and you can get free McDonalds Monopoly pieces by mail.
XE766 TIL Michael Jackson begged the director of the Thriller film to destroy it because members of his church had told him the song promoted demonology. Instead of destroying it he was convinced by his lawyer to put a disclaimer at the beggining of the short film.
4gGR TIL that Gordon Ramsay challenged James May from Top Gear to eat three delicacies as a “test of a man.” The third delicacy was rotten shark, which Ramsay spat out, while May finished and responded, “You disappoint me, Ramsay.”
LkAWm TIL there's a place in the coast of Namibia called "Skeleton coast" and nicknamed "The Land God made in Anger" and "The Gates of Hell", that holds the remains of over a thousand shipwrecks and, by land, can only be left by crossing hundreds of miles of marshes and desert.
jPBQ TIL of a male contraceptive (birth control) that is 100% effective, easily reversible, and is made up of a single shot, every 10 years.