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TIL that bullet-resistant glass can be designed to work one way and not the other

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78kDp TIL In 2016, teen entrepreneur Taylor Rosenthal rejected a $30M offer for his ''high school project startup'', selling first-aid vending machines. However, it was later exposed as a scam orchestrated by Kyle Sandler, who conned $1.9M from Opelika investors with fabricated deals and press releases
9wYom TIL Praying Mantis’ have never been an endangered species, and it has always been legal to kill them in the United States. The contrary claim was just an urban legend floating around since the 1950’s.
ap9J TIL: That an estimated (more than) one million people in the world can see today because of initiatives instigated by Frederick “Fred” Cossom Hollows, AC (9 April 1929 – 10 February 1993), a New Zealand and Australian ophthalmologist
wLXpJ Jedidiah Jenkins quit his job and decided to bike from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. His best friend, filmmaker Kenny Laubbacher, came along for the ride. This short film follows Jenkins as he shares what he's learned from his journey so far. “When you’re a kid, everything is astonishing. Everything is new, and so your brain is awake and turned on ... Once your brain establishes a routine, it stops ... the alertness goes away,” he says. By choosing adventure Jenkins is able to reactivate his brain and turn his “hundred years on this planet into a thousand.
EVNo TIL The ancient Egyptian term for proctologist literally translates as “shepherd of the anus”