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TIL that stethoscope was invented because the inventor felt uncomfortable placing his ear directly onto a woman's chest

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j6OeE TIL even though Mona Lisa Vito wins the case in “My Cousin Vinny” by testifying there was only two cars made in the 1960s with independent rear suspension, the screenwriter left out the Chevy Corvair. He thought no one would find out but a high school friend called him out about it at the premiere.
J5pB TIL of Harvard Observatory astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt; given the boring job of examining the luminosity of stars in thousands of photos, she discovered how to measure the distance between the Earth and faraway galaxies. At the time, she was not allowed to operate Harvard’s telescope.
OoaX6 TIL in 2009, Libyan leader Gadaffi called for Switzerland to be dissolved and divided up between neighbouring countries after Swiss police arrested his son for beating up hotel staff. In 2010, he declared jihad on the country.
OoRO4 TIL Joe Theismann and Alex Smith both suffered gruesome injuries to their right leg. The injuries occurred on the same date 33 years apart, on the same team, in the same city and on nearly identical parts of the field. The final score of both games was 23-21.
mxENR TIL, a Bugatti Veyron has 16 oil plugs and changing the oil takes 27 hours, costing $21,000.