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TIL: One time Albert Einstein was asked “How many feet are in a mile?” and he responded saying “I don’t know why would I fill my mind with facts I can in two minutes in any standard reference book”

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5YdWB TIL if you won the lottery in Australia, you had to go public with your win, turning into an overnight celebrity. This was until the abduction & murder of Graeme Thorne, 8, whose family won the lottery leading to Graeme being abducted for ransom but killed.
GAoJG TIL, that in 1969 the Internet's first message was sent from UCLA to Stanford Research. It was intended to be "LOGIN" , due to a system crash, only "LO" was received at the other end.
Zp47a TIL Genghis Khan would marry off a daughter to the king of an allied nation. Then he would assign his new son in law to military duty in the Mongol wars, while his daughter took over the rule. Most sons in law died in combat, giving his daughters complete control of these nations
4kae5 TIL that Brady Feigl and Brady Feigl are two minor league baseball players that are unrelated, but share the same name and physical features. They are both 6’ 4” tall, have red hair, bushy red beards, thick glasses, and 53% Germanic ancestry.
dZbj TIL The recipe for green bean casserole was created by the Campbell’s Soup Company to sell more soup.