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

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PYEbJ TIL that the word “she” only appears once in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”
RNR1 TIL that Connecticut teacher Julie Amero faced 40 years in prison after her spyware-infected computer displayed pornographic popups to her class. Her conviction was ultimately thrown out but she was still forced to forfeit her teaching credentials.
R7Jr6 TIL about Jack Parsons, one of the fathers of rocketry that was involved in an occultist church Thelema, and believed that magic was science that hadn't been understood yet.
VgRG TIL Dr. Dre didn’t know Eminem was white until they met in person
OoRlR TIL to prevent civil wars the Ottomans had all heirs to the throne imprisoned in a palace called the "the cage". Due to their isolation, most heirs were unprepared for life and had mental illnesses. Mehmet VI (the last sultan) spent the first 56 years of his life in isolation.