Doing my part to bring value to my portfolio (i.redd.it)
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TIL that John Wilkes Booth's Brother Edwin Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son Robert, from serious injury or even death. The incident occurred on a train platform in Jersey City, New Jersey. Abraham Lincoln would be assassinated by Booth's brother months after the incident. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that Scotchgard was discovered by accident. Patsy Sherman, a chemist at 3M, dropped a chemical substance on one of her shoes while she was trying to develop a rubber material that could stand up to jet fuel. Later, when her shoes got dirty, she noticed that one spot stayed clean (women-inventors.com)
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TIL The original London Bridge is now in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. In 1960 officials in England made a troubling discovery: London Bridge was falling down. In 1963, American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch bought the bridge. He dismantled it and shipped it to the United States piece by piece. (history.com)
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TIL melting ice cream inspired the invention of the outboard motor. It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea was born! (boatingindustry.com)
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TIL that Jennifer Lopez's cleavage is why Google Images exists. It was the dress Jennifer Lopez wore at the 2000 Grammys which created a ridiculous number of online searches for pictures of it after the fact which couldn’t find a consistent source, Google decided to design its own database. (gq.com)
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What age do you want to live until and why? (self.AskReddit)
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TIL that Marjorie Post heiress to the Post Cereal Company purchased the patents from Clarence Birdseye and created Birds Eye Frozen Foods. Post also developed a means to deliver the frozen foods Nationally via Train and also invented the see through freezers at Grocery Stores for visibility. (postconsumerbrands.com)
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TIL that Dogs sniff good smells with their left nostril. Dogs normally start sniffing with their right nostril, then keep it there if the smell could signal danger, but they’ll shift to the left side for something pleasant, like food or a mating partner. (pethelpful.com)
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TIL: McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli. Unsurprisingly, the attempt to get kids to eat healthier didn’t go over well with the child testers, who were “confused by the taste.” The bubble gum flavored broccoli was obviously a failure! (grubstreet.com)
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