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TIL that the brand we all have come to know as "3M" stands for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing and it was started in 1902 by a lawyer, a doctor, 2 railroad execs, and a meat market owner.

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rQpW TIL Richard Dennis turned $400 into $200 million on the stock market. To prove wrong the people who said his fortune was due to luck, he picked up a group of people off the street with no previous experience and taught them how to trade. In 5 years, they made $175 million using his strategies.
wol57 TIL that, in 1910, King Nicolas I of Montenegro ordered his male subjects to possess at least one "Gasser Pattern revolver", leading to these weapons becoming status symbols
D1d0e TIL - Peter Herceg (Tomich) sacrificed his life to save hundreds of lives on USS Utah by staying on board while it was sinking to prevent the explosion of the ship
96X6 TIL… Lead was never used in pencils. A deposit of solid natural graphite was found and presumed to be a kind of lead ore, and the name stuck.
GYQ5J TIL that, during WWII, when German prisoners escaped POW camps in Australia, the locals would give them the Australian "fair go", providing food and directions.