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TIL Professor Farnsworth from Futurama got it’s name from one of the inventors of TV.

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PYwBO TIL that during the 1870s, 16 Black Members held seats in Congress—14 in the House, two in the Senate, and each one a Republican from the South with Hiram Revels of Mississippi having been appointed the first Black Senator in February 1870
Bra5y TIL that Actor Noah Wyle, after simulating the procedure for over a decade as a t.v. doctor, successfully inserted a working I.V. into a fallen crew member on set.
Wb9N TIL that the “Burning of Atlanta” scene in “Gone with the Wind” was shot with full-size burning facades and all of the only seven Technicolor cameras in existence at the time.
v1AE7 TIL Typhoon class submarines have a swimming pool and a sauna on board along with other luxury features like a full gym and wood paneled walls.
XEEDr TIL 60,000 enlisted men were exposed to Mustard Gas by the US gov't in WWII to test for differences between race.