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TIL Duran Duran's guitarist and bassist and drummer all had surname Taylor; none were related.

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nW9Nr TIL in 1990, telephone company US West replaced 18 push button payphones with rotary dial payphones. The change was made in an effort to curb drug trafficking because most pagers that drug dealers used to conduct business with would only work with calls from push button phones.
rRNg4 TIL that during the My Lai massacre, which resulted in more than three hundred Vietnamese civilian casualties by the American forces, there were three soldiers that tried to halt the attack and save women and children. The three were denounced as traitors by some of the Congressmen.
kab7 TIL that at the 2012 London Olympics, American athlete Manteo Mitchell broke his leg 200 meters into his 400 meter leg of the race. Despite this, he finished fast enough for his team to qualify for the finals.
Oo6g4 TIL that Pheidippides, the man who inspired the modern marathon, initially ran 150 miles over two days to request help from Sparta before running back. He then ran the 25 miles to the battlefield near Marathon and back to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon
Wk0JY TIL, In 2001 Rowan Atkinson managed to keep his private jet flying after the pilot suddenly fell unconscious.