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TIL that country singer Kenny Rogers is also a photographer

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46m5 TIL someone invented a circular sling shot or torus device called a “SlingATron” to launch things into space.
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e0PZE TIL about Sensory-Specific Satiety. This is the declining satisfaction felt when eating the same food, but a renewed interest in eating when exposed to a new food.
JYG1l TIL in 2014, a woman's corpse was propped up at a table during her funeral in New Orleans. She also had her nails painted and had a glass of whiskey in her hands. Her daughters stated that this is what their mother wanted for her funeral and that guests enjoyed it.
DQxop TIL the first Commonwealth solider lost in WWI (English Pvt. John Parr on Aug. 21, 1914) is buried in the same cemetery as the last soldier lost (Canadian Pvt. George Lawrence Price on Nov. 11, 1918).