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TIL that Abraham Lincoln donated $10 to Ireland during the Great Famine.

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GAQVQ TIL two-time Oscar winner and legendary actor Marlon Brando (The Godfather, etc.), had a patent issued in his name between 2002 and 2004 at age 78-80....for what amounts to a "drumhead autotuner - a tunable drum for use with or without a drum stand"
d8yGj TIL a fish called the Red Sea Moses sole secretes a substance that repels sharks by irritating their gills
d8OXd TIL that statisticians, Ruth O'Brien and William Shelton, tried to make standardized U.S clothing sizes for women in the 1940s by measuring 15,000 women. They came up with a three part sizing system due to the diversity in body shapes. It was rejected because it was too difficult for manufacturing.
9YlNB TIL Rugrats, Doug, and Ren & Stimpy all debuted on the same day (11 Aug 1991)
NXwQJ TIL that in an ‘unfortunate evolutionary coincidence’ the δ-hexatoxins in Sydney Funnel-web spider venom are exceptionally dangerous to humans. A bite can kill a human in as little as 15 minutes.