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TIL the very first phone call was between the head of Motorola to his rival at Bell Laboratories to brag, "Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cellphone, a real, handheld, portable cellphone."

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0rxN TIL That the Waffen SS had a unit made up of murders, rapists and the criminally insane that was led by a convicted paedophile.
ERVW TIL of Rupert Trimmingham, a black US Army soldier serving in WW2 who wrote a letter to the Army magazine about having to eat behind a train depot restaurant while German POWs were served inside in 1944, sparking support from other soldiers and contributing to the integration of the army in 1948.
OoPOa TIL of Alexei Maresyev, a Soviet fighter ace who, upon being shot down, crawled for 18 days and nights back to Soviet territory. Even though his legs had to be amputated due to frostbite, he was soon back in the air with the assistance of prosthetic legs.
1al8D TIL : PABLO ESCOBAR'S son says his father "Worked for the CIA selling cocaine"; (The CIA) “were practically his partners,” which allowed Escobar to defy the law, and gave him nearly the same power as a government.; Escobar smuggled 15 Tonnes a day into the USA, Making $420 Million per week.
Lln0 TIL: NINTENDO Consoles Tend To Be Less Powerful Than Their Competitors’ Because Nintendo Uses a Business Strategy Called “Lateral Thinking With Withered Technology,” In Which It Is Believed That Video Games Do Not Always Have To Use The Latest Technology To Be The Most Fun