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TIL that the first vacuum cleaners were horse drawn. They were so big that It took 6 people, excluding the horse, in order to operate.

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N7MYJ TIL Typhoid Mary refused to cooperate with investigators, even refusing an offer of royalties on a book about the outbreak. She was arrested in 1908, claiming ignorance about hand washing. After release she went back into work as a cook, against orders, starting another outbreak that killed 2.
WZvo TIL two white brothers took the Boston firefighters test claiming to be black so they would pass at the lower requirements. They worked for 10 years before being discovered.
ADyB4 TIL Michael Jackson imagined and recorded the demo of 'Beat it' only by using his voice and layering tracks together before sending it to the producer.
yVv5e TIL about Grace Annie Lockhart, the first woman in the British Empire to earn a bachelor’s degree
ne0gr TIL about the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain which was founded in 1977 for people proud of their incompetence. The club was forced to closed when the founder sold a book which became a bestseller and the club receiving thousands of applications "Even as failures, we failed"