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TIL all telephone service in the US and Canada was silenced for one minute on August 4th, 1922 to mark the funeral of Alexander Graham Bell

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Zpe8D TIL Around 400 BC Laozi wrote 81 verses on how to live in the world with goodness and integrity. The Tao Te Ching influenced many Western writers, including Aleister Crowley and Ursula Le Guin, through more than 100 versions of the text
LQORV TIL Meatloaf had a large collection of expensive motorcycles, but didn't ride them. He would sit on them for hours admiring them, saying it made him feel he was flying like a bird.
x6AjD TIL that in 1973, Canadian Rosella Bjornson became the first female commercial airline pilot in North America.
DQY1J TIL that Gac fruit(fruit from heaven) has 70 times more lycopene than tomatoes, 40 times more vitamin C than oranges and 10 times more beta carotene than carrots. It is an orange spiked melon like fruit grown on vines that is native to Asia. Typically used to make a traditional red sticky rice dish
J1Ly8 TIL I found out that SEGA's name comes from SErvice GAmes.