TIL that refrigerator doors became magnetic in 1956 because kids playing would climb into an abandoned fridge, pull the door shut and realize too late they were trapped. The door seal prevented air from getting in and the kids' screams from getting out, and in a short time they'd suffocate. todayilearned

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Submitted June 04, 2016 at 06:07PM by calvins48 http://ift.tt/1Ukf0BH todayilearned