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TIL that Shakespeare invented more than 1,700 words, many of which we still use today, like "bedroom," "eyeball," and "radiance."

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D9mj TIL of Kevin Mitnick, a hacker believed to be so dangerous that he was placed in solitary confinement for fear of being able to “start a thermonuclear war by whistling into a payphone.”
d8VGK TIL there is a 'Richter scale for human calamity' called the Foster scale. According to the Foster scale, WWII was the most disastrous event in human history with a score of 11.1, the Black Death ranks number 2 at 10.9, and WWI at number 3 with 10.5.
w1G8 TIL in 2003 two men strolled on to a Boeing 727 and just flew off. Them and the plane haven’t been seen since.
QdOd TIL Mattel used patchouli oil to produce the smell of the He-Man action figure Stinkor
XEMPE TIL Some Chimp infants have been observed caring for rocks like human children care for dolls. This implies that, like humans, chimpanzees are capable of imagination