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TIL inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller tried to document his life as completely as possible. Every 15 minutes from 1915 to his death in 1983 he recorded his life in his diary named ‘Dymaxion Chronofile’. Ultimately, it contains 14,000 papers and is a staggering 82 metres high.

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1agBV TIL that it was only after Mel Gibson personally underwrote Robert Downey Jr's liability insurance that his career took off again
gMMjy TIL in 2010 Lewis Hamilton paid over $300,000 for his Formula 1 licence
xVn5 TIL that the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is “uncopyrightable”
yQyja TIL that Michael Schur got his job writing for The Office by talking about King of the Hill for two hours during his interview. He would then go on to create shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Recreation, and the Good Place
WkbOL TIL “Big Boy” founder Bob Wian invented the double-decker hamburger 31 years before McDonalds came out with the “Big Mac,” the burger was almost an exact replica. Long live the Big Boy.