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TIL Nokia has made a concept phone that charges using body heat

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4PVN TIL That women’s shirts have buttons on the left because upper class women would be dressed by mostly right handed servants but men’s shirts button on the right because they would draw their swords with their right hand.
kJy1 TIL the movie Hugo released in 2011 cured a person’s stereo-blindness.
9YGlQ TIL 4 Spider-Man suits were stolen from Spider-Man back in 2002. The suits cost $50,000 USD to make and Sony offered $25,000 USD for their return. It lead to a 18 month investigation, and the suits were found in Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo. It was stolen by a security guard who worked on set.
P1EkE TIL that the score to Fame was composed by Michael Gore, who won an Academy Award for doing so. He also scored Terms of Endearment. He is the younger brother of Lesley Gore, who sang It's My Party.
kOW1d TIL that the Wizengamot in Harry Potter is inspired by the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot (=meeting of wise men)