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TIL Some People Used the Postal Service to 'Mail' Their Children | HISTORY

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6Ea9Y TIL Bruce Springsteen had 11 #1 albums in the US but never had a #1 single in the US. The closest he came was 1984's Dancing in the Dark, which hit #2.
BL6d TIL a mysterious young woman known only as “Bionerd23” has spent the last couple of years wandering around the destroyed nuclear plant at Chernobyl, ignoring the radiation danger and occasionally eating radioactive apples. Despite her dozens of YouTube videos, no one seems to know who she is.
v1PrR TIL when George Westinghouse fell into financial problems and asked Nikola Tesla for relief from the royalties Westinghouse agreed to, Tesla tore up the contract that would bring him millions. "I'm not interested in money, I'm interested in leaving something behind for the humankind".
LkbWm TIL Surgeons had to remove 78 forks & spoons from a women's stomach, who had been complaining about stomach pains
Lk0nP TIL 75% of women in a survey said that they would never marry a partner who was unemployed