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TIL there were still three people using iron lungs in 2017, one of them permanently

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vYvr TIL in the late 80’s Al Gore was an avid Anti-Gay rights politician that sought support from Westboro Baptist founder Fred phelps
Km1w TIL that American Space Shuttle Astronaut John Grunsfeld, while in orbit, called in to NPR’s Car Talk posing as a stumped caller.
N7k58 TIL of Poto and Cabengo, aka Grace and Virginia Kennedy, a pair of twins who were so socially distanced and ignored by their parents that they developed their own unique language that only they understood.
BrNGy TIL that all vanilla beans in the world originated in Mexico, though very few vanilla beans are grown there today.
kJYw1 TIL that Papin invented the pressure cooker in 1679 for extracting gelatine from bones and reducing the time needed to cook food.