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TIL that Brenda Song and Jenny Mai are not the same person.

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D17Vv TIL that the coin-operated vending machine was invented about 2,000 years ago by Hero of Alexandria, an engineer and mathematician in first-century Roman Egypt. Users inserted a coin, which fell onto a pan that was attached to a lever that opened a valve and dispensed holy water.
lo4aB TIL Fidel Castro during his first 6 months as President of Cuba built 1000 KM of roads, spent $300 million on water and sanitation projects, constructed 800 houses every month, & set a cap for landholdings to 993 acres per owner.
X0E8E TIL Dan Frost, a German scientist, was able to make diamonds from peanut butter.
X006P TIL that as a child David Byrne was once mistaken for Norman Bates, which eventually inspired Byrne when creating the song 'Psycho Killer'
pMDe TIL a guy showed up to the I-40 bridge collapse and took command of the federal disaster response by impersonating a US Army Captain. He led the response effort for two days before fleeing.