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TIL that Roald Dahl, while stationed in America in World War 2, slept with countless high society women while gathering intelligence. According to one socialite friend, Dahl had a “whole stable” of women, and “he slept with everybody on the east and west coasts that had more than $50,000 a year."

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VMbMm TIL when Jonas Salk, who developed the first protective agent for polio, was asked about who has the patent, he responded by saying "Well the people, I would say, there is no patent" and then laughs saying "could you patent the sun?"
49YR TIL the term “limelight” originated because when heated to 2,400 °C, calcium oxide (quicklime) emits a strong glow. Before electricity this was how theaters lit the stage.
Zp0kv TIL about the release of Jonathan Tieu, who broke out of a county Jail while awaiting his trial since the age of 15 for a gang related murder and attempted murder. Despite never having fired any gunshots or being a member of any gang involved in the alleged shooting.
78LKp TIL of the egg fried rice protests, a form of anti government protest In China where internet users post recipes for fried rice on October 24th, and November 25th. This is in reference to the birth and death of the son of Mao Zedong, who died from a bomb whilst cooking outside during the Korean war
R7Ae8 TIL Bob Dylan wrote a tribute song for John Lennon in 2012, inspired after going on a public bus tour of Lennon's childhood home years earlier; none of the other tourists apparently recognized who he was