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TIL that the first person ever diagnosed with autism is still alive

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5WYQ TIL I learned that Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, originally wanted the standard phone greeting to be, “ahoy hoy.” it was Thomas Edison who suggested we say “hello.”
ZlgD TIL the steel used in the US to make structural beams, plates and reinforcing bars is nearly 100% recycled. Employing 1 metric ton (1000kgs) of recycled steel saves the need for the extraction and use of 1.1 metric tons of iron ore, 630 kilograms of coal, and 55 kilograms of limestone.
VB14 TIL that there is a massive monument in Georgia (US), which gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild a “better” society after an unknown apocalyptic event, whilst also well as functioning as a compass, calendar and clock.
1aL84 TIL that in 1910, two boys, Louis and Temple Abernathy decided to cross America by horseback from Oklahoma to Manhattan to meet Theodore Roosevelt. They were 10 and 6 years old. Then they decided to buy a car to come back home, while their horses made the return by train.
pJx8 TIL the music of The Beastie Boys will never again be legally used in advertisements, as Adam Yauch’s Will prohibits it.