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TIL the vending machine was invented in the 1st century AD by Hero of Alexandria. It dispensed Holy Water, and was apparently created because people were taking more Holy Water then they were paying for

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pDwp TIL Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009) has voice acting from all four of the original cast members (Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson), who helped write the script as well. Aykroyd considers it “essentially the third movie”
9YZaX TIL Top Gear's "tame racing driver", The Stig, would often eat his lunch in the back of an ambulance to avoid being identified. He would also remain in his racing overalls and helmet throughout the day and would put on a French-like accent when talking.
DeGD TIL Carl Sagan was denied tenure at Harvard University and was unable to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences because his role as a ‘popularizer’ of science had caused other scientists to dislike him, claiming he wasn’t a 'pure’ scientist.
9wJdB TIL: An ancient curse tablet was discovered dating back 1700 years to Antioch. Where the writer invoked thunder and lightning, the death of their livestock, and mentioned their mother at a green grocer. It was unique, as green grocers are usually not targets of curses.
7881r TIL that the NYPD has a special beekeeping unit that was established in 2010 when beekeeping became legal in the city. In the last few weeks, they've relocated over 40,000 honeybees to orchards around the state. They most recently relocated 8,000 bees who swarmed 3 World Trade Center.