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TIL that Cool Whip, Tang and Pop Rocks were all invented by the same man.

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rRlZy TIL About Ama, female Japanese pearl divers that start diving at the age of 12-13, and are well active into their 70s. They endure freezing conditions and great pressure from deep sea depths to get pearls. They have a unique technique in which they release air in a long whistle as they resurface.
GXM5 TIL that one of the most important images in the history of electronic imaging is a digitized Playboy centerfold, from November 1972.
mMKp TIL the average lifetime cost of raising a dog is $23,410
VM0kB TIL in 1944, 3 B-29 bombers made emergency landings in USSR. Stalin ordered his engineers to clone them. A small hole was found on the left wing of the captured B-29 which was probably drilled by mistake. So, a very small unnecessary hole, made with the thinnest drill, appeared on all Tu-4 bombers.
Z8mvQ TIL: Bananas (and kitty litter) are radioactive enough that they frequently trips the sensors at U.S. ports of entry meant to detect nuclear material being smuggled in shipping containers.