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TIL that Ewan McGregor plays Jesus in 4 movies

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b9pB4 TIL about Garrett Morgan who with only an elementary school education went on to patent several inventions, including an improved sewing machine and traffic signal, a hair-straightening product, and a respiratory device that would later provide the blueprint for WWI gas masks.
Wkvnd TIL the QWERTY keyboard layout probably allowed early typewriter salesmen to impress their customers by being able to easily type out the example word "typewriter" without having learned the full keyboard layout, because "typewriter" can be spelled purely on the top row of the keyboard.
r0Xx TIL the SpongeBob pitch to Nickelodeon was so good the executives had to step outside from laughter.
OoebY TIL that Thomas Jefferson studied the Quran (as well as many other religious texts) and criticized Islam much as he did Christianity and Judaism. Regardless, he believed each should have equal rights in America
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