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TIL Thomas Edison’s last breath is stored in a test tube

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W7jmX TIL that in the first edition of “The Hobbit,” Gollum willingly gave the ring to Bilbo for winning a riddle game, and the two parted amicably. After Tolkien began working on “The Lord of the Rings,” he edited the story for future printings.
v1gpr TIL that "Ukraine" roughly means "Borderlands", and was referred to as "the Ukraine" during Soviet times, but no longer.
Z8yYo TIL Biblioteca Joanina is one of only two libraries in the world that house a colony of bats. At night the bats hunt insects inside the library, thus helping with the maintenance of the stacks.
ANd4g TIL: Dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's Disease are cause by mechanisms similar to that a Prions
9lYM TIL Clint Eastwood was cast as Two-Face in the 1960s TV Show, but it was canceled before he could appear.