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TIL that Bryan Cranston was actually taught how to cook meth for Breaking Bad.

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grXG9 TIL Robert Chesebrough promoted his petroleum jelly by giving away free samples, making him one of the first to do so. Chesebrough would also show his product's effectiveness by cutting and burning himself then apply petroleum jelly to treat the wound in front of an audience.
PY14E Today I learned navy pilots decided to fuck around and draw a massive dong using jet trails over Okanogan
QJKyp TIL Henry Heinz deliberately put his ketchup in clear glass bottles which was uncommon due to a lack of food safety standards. unethical companies used colored bottles to hide shoddy product and he worked with a chemist who went on to find foods containing gypsum, brick dust, borax, formaldehyde etc
D1dVv TIL When counting down to the launch of an explosive, e.g. when testing a new model of gun, it is customary to omit "5" from the countdown sequence because "five" sounds too similar to 'Fire!'
PGZ TIL Immortal Technique donated all the money he made on his last album to build an orphanage in Afghanistan.