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TIL of Dick Assman, a Canadian gas station employee that was propelled to fame by his name. His father's name was Adolf Assman.

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dBQd TIL Conrad Heyer, 1749-1856, was the earliest-born man known to have been photographed. He fought in the U.S. Revolutionary War.
MeVya TIL that the first chainsaw was invented in 1830 and not made for cutting trees. It was called an Osteotome and designed to aid in childbirth - quickly sawing through the pelvic bone was sometimes seen as better than a caesarean.
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LKoV TIL of Aphantasia, a condition in which people cannot visualise things in their mind - in other words, they do not possess a functioning “mind’s eye”.