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TIL that Stephen Hawking married the ex-wife of the guy who first designed his speech synthesiser

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78lbX TIL that Rankin/Bass who created the Christmas classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", also released an Easter special in 1976 titled "The First Easter Rabbit"
mVEO TIL that the Washington Monument is the tallest stone structure in the world
M7A8K TIL: In the 1950s, the Asiatic cheetah was declared extinct in India and15 left in Iran, however, this year after efforts by conservationists, they brought them back with Dr Marker proclaiming, "If we can save the cheetah, we can change the world" "Or we have to change the world to save the cheetah"
8QdG TIL that YouTube “freezes” the view count at 301 when videos start getting lots of views. The real numbers are posted once all the traffic to the video is verified as genuine.
5Y4RB TIL the 1876 US Presidential election had the highest turnout of eligible voters in American history at 81.8%. The winner, Rutherford Hayes, also lost the popular vote.