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TIL Joseph Armand Bombardier invented the snowmobile after his son died of appendicitis when a blizzard prevented him from getting him to a hospital in time.

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dD8aK TIL Billy Joel composes classical music, in addition to being a piano man. His most recent studio album, Fantasies & Delusions, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard′s Top Classical Albums chart.
OoBNa TIL Evanna Lynch, Luna in Harry Potter movies, was pen pals with J.K before she was cast. Battling anorexia, Lynch wrote to Rowling telling her the books gave her hope and asked to be cast as Luna. J.K. told her she'd need to be well first. Lynch said, "In the end, I think that's why I recovered."
WklGo TIL: Every year in ancient Athens, 500 people were randomly selected to spend the next year of their life proposing laws that the population then voted on.
baZZ TIL the costume worn by Star Trek’s Seven of Nine had to be modified after an error was made measuring the original. The bad fit cut off the blood supply from her carotid artery, causing her to pass out twice and require medical intervention. The costume was modified to stop it from happening again.
jNVea TIL about the Mathematician Fry Lewis Richardson who discovered that it is impossible to measure the length of coastlines in a meaningful manner. This so-called Coastline Paradox later led to the creation of the field of Fractal Geometry.