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TIL a company that made smart airline suitcases had to shut down operations after several major airlines banned luggage with non-removable batteries to reduce the risk of battery fires. The company claims they had sold around 65,000 suitcases around the time of the ban.

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4XBRo TIL an American man spent 20 years building his dream house. What started as a one-story property grew into a multi-story tower, that also happened to look like the Eye of Sauron. Nearing completion, he fell from a roof on the house and died, 'Smith Mansion' has remained empty ever since.
oKWo TIL Elephants rape and kill rhinos. There have been at least 63 confirmed instances in Pilanesberg Park alone.
QNo06 TIL that Lenacapavir, A revolutionary HIV prevention shot, now FDA & WHO approved just 2 injections a year showed 99.9% effectiveness in a global 2,179-person trial, with only 2 infections reported
d8Ko8 TIL e.g doesn't stand for "example given", it stands for "exempli gratia" (for example) and i.e stands for "id est" (in other words), and they're not interchangeable.
Y70YW TIL that on the day Michael Jackson died it was (falsely) reported that Jeff Goldblum had fallen off a cliff and died.