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TIL that Australian beer companies changed their bottles to prevent the extinction of a species of beetle

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wogZ6 TIL that in 2020, a teenage boy was playing video games with an online friend when he began having a seizure. Despite being over 5,000 miles away, his friend managed to alert the emergency services in his area, saving his life.
gw1y TIL Jack Kevorkian spoke English, German, and Japanese. He created a series of oil paintings, released a jazz album of his own compositions, ran for congress, was a Pathologist, a convicted murderer, a published author, and a college lecturer.
1aad4 TIL the first US naval ship to have electric lighting was the USS Trenton (commissioned, 1877). The lights were installed in 1883
QleM TIL Will Smith turned down the role of Django in Django Unchained because it “wasn’t the lead” .
GYdXj TIL Insurance companies invented the “Fire Brigade” it was only later the government saw the need for the service to be available to everyone that they created the government run Fire Department around the American Civil War era.