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TIL Mark Twain Was Born and Died in the Same Years That Halley’s Comet Flew By the Earth

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N7jyN TIL that 30% of all residents in the country of Monaco are millionaires.
W9wd TIL that people steal garden gnomes, take them traveling, and then return the gnome, with photos, back to the owner.
m15jy TIL Guinea Pig Club - a group of Allied airmen who bonded during their extended stays at a remarkable burn recovery hospital started during WWII in England
jYbM TIL America’s first serial killers were the Bender family in 1800s Kansas. They targeted westward settlers, had them sit in a seat of honor at their inn, then hit them in the head with a hammer and cut their throats. They are suspected of killing 21.
j6kwM TIL one of the first video games ever created Tennis for Two was made with an oscilloscope (a device for visualizing waveforms) in 1958 by physicist William Higinbotham. Players used a custom one knob, one button controller to try to hit a ball over a net.