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TIL that dentures were made possible by the murder of a patent troll.

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QJvKd TIL Baby Corn is Just Regular Corn That is Harvested Before it Has A Chance to Mature
EwG7 TIL that Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Shogun of Japan, only ruled formally for two years before abdicating the position to his son, likely to avoid succession conflicts after his death.
j9Ya TIL of two students who attacked a pensioner in his own home and was let off from jail time or from being expelled from university because they “had come from an “excellent background” and “had their lives ahead of them””
PYWVL TIL that the Godfather II (1974) was the first movie sequel in history to win the academy award for best picture. Only 2 other sequels have ever won the award: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and LOTR: Return of the King (2003).
9Yjar TIL the Statue of Liberty almost wasn't built in New York because the governor wouldn't use city funds to build its pedestal, but Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper articles inspired 160,000 people to donate. Though a majority of donations were less than $1, they raised over $100,000 in just five months.