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1aDLX TIL when skyscrapers were still in its infancy, a stunt performance called "the Human Fly" became extremely popular across North America, which was when someone (usually with a blindfold) would scale/climb the building without a net, becoming the influence for "wall-crawler" Spider-Man decades later
eDwg TIL there’s a fruit in japan whose extract is 300-times as sweet as sugar, and is commonly used for treating diabetes/obesity.
69WLZ TIL that George Harrison is one of the few artists to have an active single on the Billboard charts at the time he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He also has more solo US #1 hits than any other ex-Beatle.
W9bX TIL that in 1899 the head of the U.S. Patent Office asked President McKinley to abolish it because “Everything that can be invented, has been invented.”
WkZPB TIL that deaf parents use special vibrating baby monitors or smart watch applications to alert them when babies are crying during the night.