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TIL Nikola Tesla dreamed of the Internet, stating “When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts.”

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vPa0B TIL about the BAC Three-Eleven, a proposed widebody airliner that would have competed with the Airbus A300.
O84Y TIL holding a sword by the blade and using the hilt as a bludgeon was a technique called the “murder strike” in German fencing.
nYjo TIL game designer Will Wright was inspired to create a “virtual doll house” after losing his home during the Oakland firestorm of 1991. Replacing his home and his other possessions made him think about adapting that life experience into a game, The Sims.
b98A9 TIL Coca-Cola’s formula still includes extract from the coca leaf, the source plant of cocaine, the original stimulant in addition to caffeine. Imported from Peru and Bolivia, the leaves are processed by a plant in New Jersey, the only plant authorized by the US federal government to do so.
OoG1g TIL that Gary Oldman said his screaming of the now iconic line 'Bring me everyone!' in the film 'The Professional' was improvised to make the director Luc Besson laugh. The yelled take is the one used in the film.