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TIL That BT Research (AKA BT Labs), the research division of British Telecom had over 10,000 patents by around the year 2000. Including ones for Prestel the forerunner of the Internet in 1979.

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XEBL6 TIL It took Leonard Cohen 5 years to write 'Hallelujah'
pYwA TIL That more US states permit “cousin marriage” than gay marriage
j6G8R TIL children's book author Roald Dahl was an ace fighter pilot during World War 2
WoBo TIL Jonathan Goldsmith “The Most Interesting Man in the World” played a crewmember on the original Star Trek.
69eV7 TIL Harold Russell is the only actor to win two Academy Awards for the same role. Russel lost his hands during the Second World War and played Homer Parrish in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), he was awarded Best Supporting Actor and an honorary Oscar for bringing comfort to disabled veterans.