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TIL Jewish people are not allowed to pray at their holiest site, in order to prevent tensions with Muslims.

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D19xp TIL During WWII, Robert Johnson II’s Permacell division of Johnson&Johnson invented duct tape as a sealant for ammunition boxes to keep them from becoming waterlogged.
bPn9 TIL of “A Tool To Deceive And Slaughter,” a piece of modern art comprising a black box that continually attempts to auction itself on eBay.
xv55 TIL that the inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter
QJylX TIL of a man in south India who upon realizing that his wife use a rag during her periods made a cheap easy-to-use affordable machine to produce sanitary pads.
Z8bpo TIL in 1966 Keith Moon came up to The Beatles and asked if he could join them. After Paul McCartney told him that he was already talking with the band, Moon clarified that he was asking about wanting to join The Beatles as a member.