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TIL Nalgene originally made their plastic containers for lab work and hikers had to buy the iconic bottles from lab suppliers

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yQVQa TIL that nomadic families owning less than 100 animals in Mongolia are considered to live in poverty
wDYE TIL Paul McCartney wrote the song “Hey, Jude” to console Julian Lennon during his parents breakup. Julian stated later that Paul was more of a father figure than John ever was.
bw17 TIL Japan has a museum devoted entirely to rocks that look like faces. There are over 1,700 rocks on display, and they include rocks that look like E.T. and Elvis Presley.
b9Na0 TIL that Edvard Munch's famous painting "The Scream" was painted on cardboard
8bwb TIL that Teddy Roosevelt Jr, son of President Theodore Roosevelt, stormed Utah Beach on D-Day. The only general to land by sea with the first wave of troops, he was 56 years old (the oldest person in the invasion), even though he suffered from arthritis and walked with a cane from injuries in WWI.