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TIL Pioneering English scientist Francis Bacon died of pneumonia after trying to stuff a chicken with snow.

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6EWvY TIL about New Zealand's first tank, the Bob Semple tank. It used corrugated iron armor on a tractor base, with 6 machine guns as armament. After public ridicule, Bob Semple stood by his design, saying "I don’t see anyone else coming up with any better ideas."
DaGP TIL in 2010 a plane crashed in Tripoli, Libya. All of the passengers and crew (in total 103) died except for one child, a 10-year-old Dutch child
dEQK TIL the original VW Beetle operated it’s windshield washers by using air pressure from the spare tire. The spare was purposely overinflated to accommodate this function.
BgwPD TIL the Grilled Cheese sandwich was originally an open-faced sandwich called the "Cheese Dream" which became popular in the U.S. during the Great Depression
bKda TIL Seth Rogen testified before Congress to call for financing care for sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease and that he has a charity for the same called “Hilarity for Charity”