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TIL of Leon Ray Livingston—a famous hobo and author who traveled under the name “A-No. 1.” He perfected the hobo symbols system, which let other hobos know where safe places were, always dressed immaculately, and retired after the lifestyle “bought him to the brink of psychological collapse.”

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aaQo TIL that a Tokyo-based company invented an in-office machine which turns used copier paper into toilet paper rolls, right in the office.
aBDb TIL that Adrien Brody is one of the only Saturday Night Live hosts to improvise lines during the show and was subsequently banned from ever hosting again
GYJeE TIL Plato attempted to describe how the world came into being in his dialogue "Timaeus". Plato first argues that since the sensible world “is always becoming and is never real,” it must have come to be, and therefore must have a cause. This cause he calls “the maker and father of the universe”
4oO6 TIL that during Clinton’s presidency, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan forced Clinton to reduce the deficit by threatening interest rate hikes. Greenspan later wrote in his book about how he singlehandedly put a stop to Clinton’s progressive policies.
QNJG6 TIL of the documentary: Born Rich, made by Jamie Johnson (great-grandson to the founder of Johnson & Johnson) about the experiences of those who were born into the ultra-wealthy. For producing and releasing the film, Jamie was deemed by his peers to be a "traitor to his class".