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TIL That Samsung started as a grocery store.

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KYBgE TIL 30,000 years ago, Stone Age artists created the earliest form of animation. One example is an illustration of an eight legged Bison. Assisted by flickering torch light, this painting would appear to run.
oBgvR TIL that Ben Innes took a selfie with his plane's hijacker citing that if the bomb was real, he had nothing to lose anyway.
nW9Kb TIL that there is no land at the North Pole - just ice. The North Pole is located in the frozen Arctic Ocean. In contrast, the South Pole is located on a massive land mass - a continent. I am 69 - and have always assumed that the North and South Poles are alike.
OXoe TIL the footballer George Best went broke shortly after he retired. When asked what he did with all his money, he said “I spent a lot of money on booze, birds (women) and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
Wkga4 TIL the actress who played Michael's Italian wife in The Godfather, was only 16 years old.