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TIL A man who survived 5 concentration camps convinced Hasbro to start producing Transformers, also holds over 100 other patents, the best-known of which gave him the exclusive right in the United States to detect and display hole cards in poker games.

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D1jRr TIL The nudibranch species Elysia marginata has the ability to decapitate itself and regrow a new body from the head in order to get rid of parasites.
lo0G1 TIL there was a theme park based on the life and works of Charles Dickens.
QJg86 TIL In 1997, Eminem went to L.A to compete in the Rap Olympics, a nationwide battle rap competition. He came in second, losing to rapper Otherwize, but impressed Interscope Records who brought a copy of SSEP back to Jimmy Lovine who played it for Dr. Dre who signed him to his label Aftermath.
nWdvW TIL. The story of 18 year old lieutenant Horatio Lewis who lost his life at the battle of Gettysburg
PYx7L TIL during the South Pacific WWII campaign, the Japanese constructed a heavily fortified stronghold with 110,000 troops at Rabaul near Papua New Guinea. The Allies chose to isolate Rabaul and press on, leaving the Japanese stranded and all its fortifications wasted.