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TIL that the earliest working type of escalator was patented in 1892 by Jesse W. Reno, and was actually introduced in 1896 as a novelty ride at Coney Island, a theme park in New York.

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E5dX TIL Ronald Reagan carried the card containing nuclear launch codes with him in his pockets; after his attempted assassination, the card was found lying in one of his shoes outside the Emergency Room, unsecured.
e0o66 TIL the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship that sank in Italy in 2012, had the theme song for Titanic (1997) playing in one of its restaurants when it made first impact
Bd5K TIL that in 1991 Spacewatch discovered an artificial body near earth that is now listed on the NASA Astrophysics data system as a possible alien probe that was observed in the vicinity of our planet. Its orbit will bring it back to earth in 2016.
lona1 TIL that Hans Zimmer's "Spider Pig", from The Simpsons Movie soundtrack, entered the UK singles chart at #24. The running time for the song is a mere 1:04, making it the second shortest single to ever chart.
QN96e TIL that male dolphins are sexually attracted to female humans... this is so disturbing lol