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TIL that selfie sticks are banned from all Disney theme parks
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TIL that according to DuPont, the name "Nylon" was originally called "No-Run," but was modified to "Nuron" to avoid making an unjustified claim. Later it was changed to "Nilon" to make it sound less like medicine, and then eventually "Nylon" so that people would pronounce it properly.
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TIL: Inca architecture was built to be earthquake resistent. Inca masonry is effective in withstanding even major tremors
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TIL lobsters are “biologically immortal”
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TIL Ontario has eliminated Coal as a source of energy.
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TIL the best-selling living author, Danielle Steel, has received "a resounding lack of critical acclaim" for her 179 books. In her romance novels, she draws from her experiences of having been married 5 times to financiers, ex-convicts, and a vintner, and having 9 children.