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The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one. Fredric Baur was so proud of his creation that he requested part of his ashes be stored in a Pringles container after his death in 2008.

The inventor of the modern chocolate chip cookie sold the recipe to Nestlé for just $1—and a lifetime supply of chocolate.

The world's first computer programmer was a woman, Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first algorithm for Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical computer in 1843. Her work included the revolutionary idea that machines could process more than just numbers, envisioning computer-generated music and art.

Chocolate was once considered medicine, prescribed by European doctors to treat angina and depression as late as the 19th century.

Some people can taste words—a rare phenomenon called lexical-gustatory synesthesia, where hearing or reading certain words triggers unique flavors in their mouths.

The inventor of the first successful digital hearing aid, Miller Reese Hutchison, also designed some of the earliest car horns—helping people be heard in two very different ways.

The creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has never profited directly from his invention—and he even gave away the code for free so the internet could grow.

Some tech CEOs intentionally use the same outfit every day—like Steve Jobs’ black turtleneck—not out of laziness, but to minimize decision fatigue and boost creativity.

Honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still perfectly edible.

In 1932, the Australian military deployed soldiers armed with machine guns to combat an invasion of 20,000 emus destroying farmland in Western Australia. After six days of failed attacks, the emus outsmarted the soldiers, and the military withdrew in defeat.

Over 90% of land plants are connected through underground fungal networks called mycorrhizae, which allow trees to share nutrients, water, and chemical signals with each other—a system scientists call the 'Wood Wide Web.'

Japan has over 21,000 businesses that are more than 100 years old, more than any other country. Among them is Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, a hot spring hotel founded in 705 AD that holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest hotel in the world.

Finland gives every expectant mother a free "baby box" containing clothes, diapers, and supplies — and the box itself doubles as the baby's first bed.

In Japan, there's a phone booth called the 'Wind Phone' where people can speak to deceased loved ones. It has received over 30,000 visitors since 2011.

In Sweden, blood donors receive a text message whenever their blood is used to save someone's life.

There’s a rare breed of chicken called Ayam Cemani that’s completely black. They have black plumage, legs, nails, beak, and even black meat, bones, and a black tongue!

In 1986, federal prisoner Ronald J. McIntosh escaped during an unsupervised prisoner transfer. Eight days later, he returned in a stolen helicopter and broke out his girlfriend, bank robber Samantha Lopez, from federal prison in a daring daylight rescue.

The penis of a barnacle may reach up to eight to nine times its body size.

Demodex are microscopic arachnids living in nearly everyone's facial pores. Scientists believed for decades that they had no anus and burst when they died, releasing accumulated waste. A 2022 genome study proved this wrong—they do have anuses and excrete normally.

French entertainer Michel Lotito ate an entire Cessna 150 airplane over a 2-year period (1978-1980), and consumed an estimated nine tons of metal during his career from 1966 to 1997.

Dunkin' Donuts in South Korea started spraying coffee aroma into public buses every time their jingle played. Coffee sales increased 29%.

The largest nuclear bomb ever built, the Tsar Bomba, caused damage up to approximately 1,000km away.

Oasis star Noel Gallagher once took cocaine in a toilet reserved for the Queen in Downing Street.

The Sentinelese are a people who live on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean called North Sentinel Island. For thousands of years, they have refused all contact with the outside world. Using only stones and arrows, they have successfully repelled all invaders and remain one of the last uncontacted tribes in the world.