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TIL Ron Popeil was a college drop out and his Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ sold over eight million units in the US alone

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nWlg9 TIL: All living cells emit ultra weak coherent electromagnetic energy in the form of photons, often called biophotons.
5YWen TIL That Casey Jones' Locomotive Was Involved in the Deaths of Six Railroad Employees in Three Different Accidents
gN1W TIL Nikola Tesla once paid an overdue hotel bill with a ‘working model’ of his 'death beam’. He warned the management never to open it without taking proper precautions to avoid detonation. After his death in 1943, the box was pried open & they found nothing but a bunch of old lab components
8aDr8 TIL It was suggested to use atomic bombs to blow up part of Alaska to make a harbor
wGKM TIL That after three days of discovering Kurt Cobain’s body, the stereo at the scene of his death was still on with an R.E.M. CD in place suggesting Kurt Cobain killed himself while listening to R.E.M.