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TIL that the first person to use a pacemaker and the doctor who implanted it were born in the same year, with the patient outliving the doctor.

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LOmd TIL in 1912 a group of investors were sold a 480 inch instead of a 480 foot skyscraper for $200,000 because nobody bothered to read the plans properly.
GAGBQ TIL the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) failed 95% percent of the time to stop undercover investigators from smuggling weapons or explosive materials through screening.
Nr56 TIL that when our sun becomes a red giant, Saturn’s moon Titan will become warm enough for life to possibly evolve in manner similar to Earth. These conditions would persist for a hundred million years
awPBo TIL that the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, killed his brother Alfonso shooting him in the head when he was 14
xkKw TIL there’s a skyscraper in Japan that has a highway passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.