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owg8 TIL that Nikola Tesla used to feed pigeons, bringing injured ones into his hotel room to nurse back to health and one time spending over $2,000 to fix a pigeon’s broken wing and leg, including building a device that comfortably supported her, so her bones could heal.
X04vP TIL of David Sarnoff, the head of RCA and NBC who suppressed and then stole FM radio and Television from their inventors, driving one to suicide and the other to alcoholism.
OGEd4 TIL that in 2012, a 19 year old Nebraska woman named Hannah Sabata robbed a bank and stole a car.After seemingly getting away with it, she went home and uploaded a video titled "Chick Bank Robber", showing off her stolen items. She was arrested the same day.
QvyL TIL China had plans for the 2008 Olympics to utilize 30 airplanes, 4,000 rocket launchers, and 7,000 anti-aircraft guns with various chemicals in an attempt to stop rain.
bnjj TIL The Empire of Japan had proposed a “Racial Equality” bill in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, but was rejected by other countries.