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TIL the first known résumé was written by Leonardo da Vinci, when applying to be a military engineer for the Duke of Milan. It's mainly just a list of his designs for siege weapons (including trebuchets). He briefly mentions his art: "In painting, I can do everything possible." He got the job.

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Qdj6 TIL that when Queen wanted to release “Bohemian Rhapsody”, various executives told them that a song with a length of 5 minutes and 55 seconds was too long and would never be a hit. They even played it to other musicians who claimed that the song had “no hope” of being played on the radio.
xVVlo TIL that the old Democratic-Republican party used to act like Democrats until they overwhelmed the Federalist party and split into the Democratic and Republican party.
XEX4D TIL the Spanish singer-songwriter Julio Iglesias was a professional footballer signed with Real Madrid. When he was recovering from an accident that ended his career, a nurse gave him a guitar so that he could recover the dexterity of his hands. In learning to play, he discovered his musical talent.
OGjw1 TIL that King Æthelstan arranged marriages for several of his sisters to European royalty, including the future Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, making his court one of the most internationally connected in Anglo-Saxon England.
JY4Q4 TIL: Napoleon seriously considered using a fleet of troop-carrying balloons as part of his proposed invasion force of Britain in the 1805 but backed out due to dangerous winds.