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TIL This woman created a Rotary Cell Phone.

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ne75P TIL that even though the Pied Piper of Hamelin is just a story/myth, the town of Hamelin's records state that many children disappeared from the town around the time of the story. The town chronicle even wrote in 1384 "It is 100 since our children left".
8aZd8 TIL Creators of Thalidomide were high ranking nazis and there is a possibility it was tested on prisoners in concentration camp inmates
wGBJ TIL a Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe during World War 1, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.
m1Lwo TIL The world record for the fastest flight speed of a manned airplane was set in 1967 when The North American X-15 reached a top speed of Mach 6.72 (4,520 mph or 7,274 km/h).
vraD TIL of “Lisztomania”, fans’ reaction to Franz Liszt in the 1830’s that was similar to fans’ reactions of the Beatles. Fans would often swarm over him fighting for his handkerchief and glasses, some women even saved his coffee in vials.