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TIL Robin Williams was responsible for paying all of Christopher Reeve’s hospital bills that his insurance didn’t cover as a result of a promise that the two had made back in college. Best friends forever.

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nWG7B TIL "feeling that something is wet is quite a feat because our skin does not have receptors that sense wetness"
oB7pA TIL the second American in space, Gus Grissom, suffered from severe hay fever and was nearly disqualified from the Astronaut Corps until it was discovered that pollen is nonexistent in space.
N7rMJ TIL: In 1926, Tesla accurately predicted smartphones. "A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket."
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