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TIL in 1867, Alfred Nobel discovered dynamite by stabilizing nitroglycerin with a safe agent. This invention transformed construction and mining, made Nobel wealthy, and ultimately became the funding source for the Nobel Prizes.

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RaQ6 TIL that Herbert Hoover (as well as JFK) gave his presidential salary to charity.
LQDV TIL a woman named Chante Mallard hit homeless man Gregory Biggs lodging him in her windshield, alive. She did nothing to help him, just drove home and parked in her garage where she let him suffer for hours before dying. Only caught months later because she talked about it at a party.
9aWX TIL that the author of The Anarchist Cookbook, William Powell, was just 19 when he wrote the book in 1969. He later disavowed the violent ideology that he advocated in the book and wished to have the book “quickly and quietly go out of print”. He passed away in July 2016.
wLZgo TIL Countries with high organ donation rates are due to consent form design. To consent, you do nothing. To deny, you check a box. Countries with low consent rates are due to the reverse design. To consent, you check a box. To deny, you do nothing.
xp7k TIL people that don’t ever wear shoes don’t ever get ingrown toenails.