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TIL that Peter Capaldi and Craig Ferguson were in a punk band together

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1aX7d TIL that many inventions credited to Thomas Edison were in fact stolen from other inventors. Edison ruthlessly patented inventions from other inventors so he could claim them as his own work.
8aBjP TIL that in the UK you are legally required to stop if you run over a dog, but not a cat.
gMgW9 TIL that the US once spent $1.3 million dollars to see if beer koozies really worked
k7vd TIL It’s possible to trap a laser’s beam inside a stream of water, which will result in the beam being guided by the stream.
KYWya TIL, Iggy Pops landmark album “Lust for life” was delayed due to the death of Elvis Presley. The album was set to release in September of 1977, just 3 weeks after Elvis passing. RCA, the label that distributed both Iggy and Elvis, put 100% of their manufacturing on Presley’s albums