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TIL: The last American President who was not a millionaire was Harry Truman in 1945

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6OQW TIL A U.S. FDA study showed 90% of more than 100 drugs, prescription and over-the-counter, “were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date.” The U.S. military saved $260 million in five years by not discarding expired drugs.
grlEA TIL: The first Western film to be broadcast in North Korea was "Bend It Like Beckham," which state-run TV played on 26th December 2002.
k0RE TIL that the English invented a machine that functioned as both an alarm clock and a kettle. They were designed so the user would have a freshly made cup of tea at their bedside as soon as they woke up in the morning.
x6jk0 TIL In 1930, Bernard Lyot invented the coronagraph that allowed total solar eclipses to be recreated at will. It is essentially a telescope with a small disk in the focal plane to exactly cover the disk of the sun like the moon would
8ora TIL McDonald’s “Super Sizing” started as a Jurassic Park merchandising tie-in.