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TIL how Sir John Ambrose Fleming revolutionized electronics as we know it today.

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wLZQ6 TIL that Aretha Franklin's signature song "Respect" was actually written and performed by Otis Redding two years before she first sang it. "Redding's version is a plea from a desperate man, who will give his woman anything she wants... as long as he gets his due respect".
Rr18 TiL the Mediterranean filled in just 2 years when the Atlantic breached what we know as the straight of Gibraltar.
5GPD TIL that “Anna Kournikova” is a hand in Poker that “looks better than it plays”.
xZWb TIL a woman in Phoenix, AZ sued her doctors for child support because they failed to discover her pregnancy in time for her to have it terminated. The jury unanimously rejected the lawsuit after 25 minutes of deliberation.
baxZ TIL during the Irish Famine the Choctaw Nation, who were going through poverty and starvation themselves, donated as much money as they could raise in solidarity with the Irish. The ‘Kindred Spirits’ sculpture commemorates this event