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TIL while shooting a video for his single “Smooth Criminal,” Michael Jackson devised a dance routine where he leaned forward 45 degrees and wires were used to create the impression. Then, Michael invented and patented a special shoe that allowed him to lean forward without wires.

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ydj8 TIL while trying to eclipse the Eiffel Tower for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, an inventor named J. B. McComber proposed a 8,947 foot tower which would have rails extending from the top, leading all the way to New York City, Baltimore, and Boston, on which fair-goers could toboggan all the way home
4wyw TIL there’s an ancient Greek play where the women of Greece end a war by withholding sex until the men of Greece agree to peace.
VBKmZ TIL David Lynch has a foundation for teaching transcendental meditation to "at-risk" populations such as students, the homeless, U.S. military veterans, African war refugees and prison inmates.
GY0K7 TIL Brittany Murphy's last movie was released five years after her death
4kBNJ TIL-That the California Grizzly Bear on the state Flag is Extinct.