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TIL the Story of Mihailo Tolotos, the Greek Monk Who Lived a Lifetime Without Seeing a Woman

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ZpAA4 TIL The Woodworth Personal Data Sheet is cited as the first personality test. Developed during the First World War the test was first published in 1919. The test consists of 116 yes/no questions with some modern personality test questions still tracing back to the first ever test.
vwNr TIL that in 1998 one satellite failed and it caused about 80% of the world’s pagers to stop working.
neXgd TIL The music commonly associated with clowns in circuses was written by Julius Fucik. It was originally titled Entrance of the Gladiators and was meant to represent slaves marching into an arena to fight to the death.
e07Yk TIL that the famous mime Marcel Marceau was part of the French Resistance to the Nazi occupation during World War II. He saved hundreds of Jewish children in hiding by teaching them to communicate in mime, so they could converse silently. Marceau eventually got them to safety to Switzerland.
GYwJN TIL Flamin' Hot Cheetos was invented by a janitor