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TIL that the invention of the modern TV remote control stemmed from a dislike of commercials.

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KadE TIL Teddy Roosevelt is the only U.S. President that is confirmed to have had a tattoo
K7EJ TIL that Alexander Hamilton was shot and mortally wounded by Aaron Burr on the same spot that his son Philip had been killed three years before, and by the same set of pistols
P1jxG TIL that on the Ides of March 1953 there was an attempt to contact extraterrestrials via mass telepathic transmission of a welcome message. Later the message became the basis for a song by the group Klaatu which was then covered by pop group The Carpenters
jNwVQ TIL Ninety-nine per cent of crocodile offspring are eaten in the first year after birth, by large fish, herons, monitor lizards and adult crocodiles.
5Ykr TIL that the ban on condoms in America due to anti-contraception laws (which lasted until 1972) led to high rates of STDs among US troops during WWI.