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TIL Bubble Wrap was originally designed to be used as wallpaper

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8aMGZ TIL Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti wore a 'Star Trek' uniform in space
awx7A TIL That the creator of Madame Tussauds, Marie Tussaud, was in jail during the French Revolution, awaiting execution by guillotine. She got out under 1 condition: She had to create wax sculptures of the recently guillotined heads of her former employers at Versailles, where she was an art teacher.
BrEGk TIL Hitler's definition of "socialism" (as in, National Socialism) was explicitly anti-Marxist and Hitler claimed Marxists had "stolen" the term from ancient Germans.
g97 TIL that lactose intolerance is “normal,” and most mammal species develop a natural lactose intolerance after weaning.
VMgAk Nasa astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly no longer genetically identical after space trip.