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TIL Victorians didn't actually cover table legs because they were too 'sexy'

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9wM66 TIL the fastest man made object is the Parker solar probe, which's already reached 394,736 mph, and is expected to reach 430,000 mph in 2024
XEjDD TIL John Lennon invited Yoko Ono to visit when his wife was away on holiday. When she returned, Ono was wearing her bathrobe and drinking tea with Lennon, who simply said, "Oh, hi."
0wD71 TIL while Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the lightbulb, the filament inside that actually mans the thing work, was actually invented by the son of two freed slaves, Lewis Latimer.
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