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TIL there are a pair of sharkskin gloves that will shred your hand if you attempt to take them off. The gloves sell for $978.00.

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wLpj6 TIL about Stank Baker, a man who had been booked to fly on the 1931 Avro Ten Southern Cloud disappearance only to cancel his flight and travel by train instead which saved his life. Because of this, he gained a fear of flying which became justified when he was killed by another flight 19 years later
1eB7 TIL “Fruit salad trees” can sprout 3 to 7 different fruits…on THE SAME tree.
wML6 TIL That after the Napoleonic Wars the Dutch set up poverty colonies to help poor families. It was opposed by Christians because it “intervened with God’s plan”
m1ZVy TIL that Patagonia (the clothing brand) also sells food
P14Wn TIL that the first self-propelled vehicule, built by Cugnot in 1769, was intended for transporting cannons. The vehicle was not suited to the load, and despite further trials, the project was abandoned. However, 241 years later, in 2010, a copy of the machine was built, which worked perfectly.