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TIL Bubble Wrap was first conceived in 1957 as a sort of high-end wallpaper

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KYOrE TIL Percy Spencer,the inventor of the microwave appliance received only $2 for his discovery
4X9Mg TIL The film The Wolf of Wall Street was alleged by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to have been financed by money stolen from the Malaysian 1MDB sovereign wealth fund by producer Riza Aziz who pled not guilty to charges laid in July 2019.
ADV5l TIL that a GHS study in 2019 by John Hopkins CHS and NTI placed the US as the nation most prepared for a pandemic
oBmBR TIL that the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 was so powerful, it shifted the earth's mass, shortening our days by 1.8 microseconds.
4XDkX TIL about William Sidney "Sid" Hatfield (May 15, 1891– August 1, 1921), Police Chief of Matewan, WV, Labor hero, and staunch supporter of the United Mine Workers of America. He became a local celebrity after defending strikers against the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency during The Battle of Matewan.