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TIL the first "smartphone" pre-dated the iPhone by 15 years.

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VWMD TIL that there is a secret train platform beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York
Qmgd TIL that Wernher von Braun the “Father of Rocket Technology” didnt do well in math and physics initially but forced himself to learn after he had read book about space exploration.
nkL9 TIL there is a disease that strikes starfish “that causes the creatures’ arms to crawl in opposite directions until they tear away from the body, causing the insides to spill out.”
7rBLb TIL the Five Love Languages. It outlines five different general ways that romantic partners express and experience love, which Chapman calls "love languages". They are acts of service, gift-giving, physical touch, quality time, and words of affirmation.
MdVm TIL There is such an expansive collection of books under the British library in their archive, that if a person could read 5 books per day it would take the 80,000 years to complete.