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TIL Bubble Wrap was originally designed to be used as wallpaper

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4XDDX TIL- Ghyslain Raza, the "Star Wars Kid", had his video uploaded without permission. He left school due to depression, taking final exams in a psych unit, and sued the families of the uploaders. He later got his HS diploma, went to law school, and did a media tour speaking out against cyber-bullying.
e0L6L TIL There is an Austrailan fungus called "The Stonemaker Fungus" that only shows up right after a forest fire. They live underground in a stone-like mycelium and pop up through the ashes 2-10 days after the fire, sometimes as infrequent as every 100 years.
neVbd TIL About the legend of Wan Hu, a supposed Chinese man who became the “first astronaut” in 2000BC by tying 47 firework rockets to a chair. Dressed in regal splendour, he had 47 servants light each of the rockets and then took off as they ran for cover. When the smoke cleared, he was gone.
78RZb TIL the founders of Outback Steakhouse intentionally decided not to visit Australia, as they were concerned that having too much authenticity would confuse customers
neLKo TIL of a town in the state of Arizona named "Nothing", which, fittingly, has a population of zero, although it once had a gas station, a small convenience store and at its height, 4 people living there