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TIL Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was able to view his obituary before he died due to a news-outlet mishap. Due to all the horrible things he read about himself, including being called “the merchant of death”, he decided to dedicate his fortune to the creation of the Nobel Prize.

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MeXZW TIL that Grover Cleveland is the only President in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.
1a7eD TIL poet Carl Sandburg, when attempting to visit a high school in Illinois that was named after him, was mistaken for a hobo and ordered to leave the premises.
9ZgM TIL that during Jim Henson’s memorial service, at his request, no one wore black and each guest waved butterfly puppets. At the end, 6 of the Muppet performers joined on the stage and sang, in their characters voices, a medley of Jim’s favorite songs. They finished with the song, “Just One Person”.
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womLW TIL of Nevil Maskelyne a magician and inventor who in 1903, publicly hacked into a demonstration of Marconi’s supposedly secure telegraph, and began broadcasting insulting Morse code messages to the audience.