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TIL that Renato Bialetti requested that his ashes be placed in a big moka machine

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aWQN TIL the Cincinnati Library has 3D printers, audio and visual equipment, laser cutters and engravers, sewing machines, cameras and other hardware and software tools that patrons can use for free.
nQRo TIL Former newspaper editor of The Sun, Kelvin Mackenzie, published a story alleging Elton John had the voiceboxes of his own guard dogs removed. He was proven wrong when a reporter went round to check and the dogs barked at him.
woXd7 TIL that Joseph Smith, the founder of the LDS Church, aka Mormon Church, was assassinated in 1844 in Illinois by a mob. He was running for president at the time and is the first presidential candidate in US History to be assassinated
N7kYE TIL of the Köhler Effect: when one less-capable person works harder to match more-capable people in the same task. Köhler Effect is strongest when a less-able man is paired with a more-capable woman, (thought to be because it's more embarrassing to men to be outperformed by a woman than a man).
LkrDQ TIL pornography has fueled the improvement of many of the technologies we use today. Such as video, screens, the internet...