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TIL "Jelly Babies" were first named "Unclaimed Babies"

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EPNw 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.”
jvNX TIL of Sara Forbes Bonetta, a West African who was orphaned, sold into slavery, and in a remarkable twist of events, was liberated from enslavement and became a goddaughter to Queen Victoria.
D17kp TIL Walt Disney World near Orlando briefly had a real airport with a singing runway. Grooves in the tarmac were spaced so the lines played the opening notes of "When You Wish Upon a Star" when planes rolled over them. The airport closed in 1972.
a8QZ TIL that the Universe may exist inside a black hole.
LkN7p TIL of Ely S. Parker, a Native American who wrote the final draft of the Confederate Surrender. At the time of surrender, General Lee extended his hand and said, 'I am glad to see one real American here.' Parker shook his hand and said, 'We are all Americans.'