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TIL Each day about 14,247 die from cancer

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LlVV TIL Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone. It was originally invented by Antonio Meucci, however he could not afford the $10 to renew his ‘impending patent’. Alexander filed a patent for the idea and Antonio died before legal action could be taken.
N7jME TIL that before the Civil War, Christmas was not an official holiday in the United States
YpgG7 TIL that Steve Jobs named his company "Apple" partially because he wanted it to appear in the phone book before Atari, his former workplace.
KLOJ TIL Harriet Tubman threatened death to escaping slaves if they wanted to turn back. “If he was weak enough to give out, he’d be weak enough to betray us all, and all who had helped us; and do you think I’d let so many die just for one coward man.”
X0BKj TIL George Washington's second inaugural address remains the shortest ever delivered, at just 135 words, or two paragraphs