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TIL Issac Newton roamed the streets as anti-counterfeit coin vigilante, then invented the ridges on coins to reduce fraud currency

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N7EPQ TIL of the Byford Dolphin decompression incident, where a diver was forced through a 60cm (24 inch) opening by compressed air and violently dismembered. Additionally, it caused the "expulsion of all of the internal organs of his chest and abdomen"
m1Zmy TIL the front wheels of a street grader are angled to increase the graders ability to move dirt off to one side.
vw67 TIL that the doctor who discovered that hand washing prevented the spread of disease was committed to an asylum, where he died after being beaten by the guards.
nWkar TIL Homer's classic epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, are only part of an eight story saga. The remaining parts have been lost to the ages.
9GBX TIL Sony is primarily an insurance company in Japan and electronics are not their main source of income.