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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger is much shorter (5’ 9-5’10) than the beast he was portrayed as in movies, aided by shoe lifts, camera angles, and long legs for his build.

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vPRGL TIL of in 1748, the first known artificial refrigeration was demonstrated by William Cullen. But the history of the ice makers begins with Oliver Evans, an American inventor who designed the first refrigeration machine in 1805 because Mr. Cullen never used his discovery for practices.
9bxQ TIL Many individual states have laws recognizing American Sign Language as a “foreign language”. A number of U.S. universities even accept ASL credit to fulfill foreign language requirements
GADNN TIL a woman aboard a flight from Manchester to Florida suffered a heart attack. The stewardess called for assistance and 15 cardiologists, en route to a cardiology conference, responded to save her.
b9ZDj TIL Bob Dylan introduced the Beatles to cannabis. He rolled a joint and passed it to Ringo, who didn't realize he was supposed to pass the joint and smoked the whole joint to himself
wLAN7 TIL that mountains have "roots" i.e. a part of the mountain that extends underground in order for the mountain to have isostatic equilibrium