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m1jBE TIL of Robert Kearns who invented the Intermittent Windshield Wiper System only to have his invention stolen by the Big 3 auto manufacturers. He then sued and won.
N7arb TIL of a Waterfall in Canada which flows upwards. Twice a day, the tide overtops the waterfall and so the river flows backwards.
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