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TIL the first steam turbine was nothing more than a "party trick" for the ancient greeks

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vnN7 TIL of author Mary Roberts Rinehart, who created a costumed super-criminal called “the Bat”, cited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations for Batman.
v11QR TIL that no Lutheran has ever been elected President of the United Sates.
x69m0 TIL that our phones listen to our convos