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TIL Galileo Ferraris' invention of Induction Motor, as well as the Three-Phase power systems proceeded Telsa's by 8 months. Infact, The inventor of the Modern Induction Motor (Squirrel Cage) and Three-Phase Power Systems Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, attributed Ferraris as his precursor.

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grVRL TIL that the iconic orange couch from the set in “Friends” was found in the basement of the Warner Bros. studio. The show creators decided to use it as the central piece of the coffee shop, which became a beloved hangout spot for the characters and a key element of the show’s set design.
l7xR7 TIL that Rocky Marciano was reluctant to fight Joe Louis. However, he did so to secure Louis a £300,000 payday. Louis was badly in debt to the IRS and needed the money. After knocking Louis out and retiring him, Marciano came to see Louis to express his condolences.
bjj0 TIL two sisters know as the Gibbons twins were so inseparable they had a coded language & committed crimes together, oh, and repeatedly tried to murder each other.
4XZMa TIL the Earth often has more than one moon. The Earth captures asteroids and they orbit our planet for about a year before being pulled away by the sun. The mini-moon 2020 CD3 left us on March 7th and was about the size of a compact car. The technical term is "temporarily captured object."
7WdO TIL a high school in Tucson, Arizona had a Mexican American/ethnic studies program that graduated 93% of its students (vs. the 48% of Latinos graduating statewide) before it was banned for being un-American in 2010.