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TIL that the inventor of the mobile phone made the first ever call to his rival to gloat.

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VBKKm TIL of Elmer McCurdy; a funhouse prop that turned out to be a real corpse
l7Ll5 TIL about this monkey who learned to run on his legs after losing a limb
wLG8o TIL scientist Henry Cavendish suffered from extreme shyness “bordering on disease”. He discovered several laws not attributed to him because of this shyness. Had secret staircases in his home to avoid his housekeeper -females caused him “extreme distress” and devised a note system to talk to her.
NEmP TIL Actor Willem Dafoe was expelled from high school for shooting a porno.
DL4p TIL that Miramax was owned by Disney until 2010. That makes Pulp Fiction a Disney movie.