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

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mDNv TIL There are still four people alive who were born in the 19th century.
Z8p9p TIL American soldiers took Japanese skulls as trophies during WWII, even sending them home as souvenirs.
681Z TIL Andrew Carnegie spent $55 million of his own money to build 2,509 libraries around the English speaking world
awpeL TIL that Harper Lee’s friends gave her a full year’s salary for Christmas in 1956 so that she’d be able to take a year off from work to write. Lee used that time to write “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which has since sold over 30 million copies.