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TIL - A Brazilian invented caller ID technology more than 25 years ago. Today he is in 40 lawsuits claiming for his royalties that, in total, are more than 25 billion dollars

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yVjd8 TIL people used to gamble on the outcomes of battle. In 1691, over £200,000 (£40,000,000 in modern money) was bet on the outcome of the Siege of Limerick alone.
vQJR TIL A passenger on a plane was sucked through a window after one of the engines exploded, damaging the aircraft. His remains were discovered 2 years later by a crew building a radio telescope in the desert.
KONLw TIL that Canada's post-WWII baby boom began about 3 years after the birthrate rose in the U.S., because Canadian soldiers returned home later.
RVVl TIL molten glass becomes a conductor of electricity.
nWkBG TIL that one man (Chris Clark) bought the domain "pizza.com" in 1994 and sold it for $2.6 million at auction.