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TIL Bell Labs still exists as a subsidiary of Nokia.

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9wW7r TIL only people who were of Genghis Kahn's royal lineage were allowed to rule Mongolia. In 1578 Altan Khan bestowed the first title of "Dalai Lama" upon Sonam Gyatsho who in return proclaimed Altan to be the reincarnation of Kublai Khan giving Atlan legitimacy to rule over the Mongols.
jQMQ TIL Sex alleviates headaches so effectively that some people have started to sex as a treatment for headaches
jNWbR TIL About a 17 year old kid that was given an old iPhone for free, and using the "barter" section of Craigslist made 14 trades, ending with a Porsche. Along the way he traded for newer phones, computers, motorcycles, and eventually cars.
KOpBG TIL that 18th century France developed a visual telegraph system. Using a series of towers topped with adjustable beams that would display a message and instructions on the next tower to relay it to, messages could be sent across the country in a mere matter of hours, long before electricity.
R5aww TIL Not all dogs that lead blind people are "Seeing Eye Dogs." In order to be a Seeing Eye Dog, the dog must be trained at The Seeing Eye - the oldest existing guide dog school in the world. Dogs who are trained at other schools are known as "guide dogs."