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TIL that many customer service agents can actually see what you are typing in the online support chat before you actually hit "send"

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0wyev TIL that the first alphabet in the world was semitic, and that all subsequent alphabets have either descended from this first Semitic alphabet, or have been inspired by one of its descendants.
Bl0D TIL Actor and explorer Brian Blessed met Pablo Picasso when he was a 12. Disbelieving it was Picasso, Blessed asked him to draw a picture. Picasso drew a peace dove, and Blessed threw it away. Somebody saved the drawing. It’s reportedly worth £50 million.
XEvNj TIL the three Apollo 11 astronauts could not get life insurance for their historic space moon shot. To provide for their families in case of catastrophic failure, they autographed commemorative postcards, a friend had them postmarked the day of the launch and distributed to their families.
B4Ey TIL that the oldest person ever to live made a deal with a 47 year old lawyer at age 90; he would pay her 2500 francs per month in return for her apartment when she died. He paid more than double the apartment’s worth, and ended up dying two years before her.
0wB6p TIL About James Hogue, an American conman who posed as a self-taught orphan and was admitted into Princeton University, where he participated in the track and eating clubs. His con was exposed, after a former classmate at Palo Alto High School recognized him, where he had previously posed as a teen.