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TIL that in 1950, Alfred Carlton Gilbert created a toy lab set that used actual radioactive material

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lojeN TIL the oldest continuously ongoing company in the world is a construction company in Japan specializing in Buddhist temples. Established in 578 CE, it is as old as the time when Buddhism was introduced into Japan in 538 CE. In 2007, after 1,429 years in business, it ran out of money.
WgyB TIL that Tyler Bates, the composer of the Guardians of the Galaxy score and other film scores like 300 and Watchmen, is the guitarist for Marilyn Manson
Vlpk TIL Strom Thurmond, the South Carolina senator who opposed Civil Rights and voted for segregation, fathered a mixed race daughter with his black maid
xVeO1 TIL When the D-Day forces landed, Hitler was asleep. None of his generals dared send re-inforcements without his permission, and no-one dared wake him.
w8NE TIL Bill Murray thinks the 2004 Hong Kong Comedy Kung Fu Hustle is “the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy”.