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TIL that Charles Darwin’s pet tortoise Harriet died in 2006

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8aZyK TIL that Scotchgard was discovered by accident. Patsy Sherman, a chemist at 3M, dropped a chemical substance on one of her shoes while she was trying to develop a rubber material that could stand up to jet fuel. Later, when her shoes got dirty, she noticed that one spot stayed clean
0dRBM TIL June Foray, the main voice actress for Granny from Looney Tunes, was included in the Master list of Nixon's political opponents, commonly known as Nixon's Enemies List from organizing a boycott against his meat freezing prices.
X0o1P TIL that many species of spiders can fly through the air with a technique called ballooning
Yppnd TIL there is an "upside down" waterfall in Hawaii. For part of the year it flows straight up into the sky.
4Bng TIL the oldest known name for the Island of Great Britain is Albion