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TIL Charles Luckman, an architect who designed Madison Square Garden, decided to be an architect when he was working at a newsstand as a kid and asked one woman passing by what the "pretty lights" overhead were and who placed them there. She answered it was a chandelier and that an architect decides

Gm95 Today I Learned that the Vibrator was the 5th domestic appliance to be electrified, after the sewing machine, tea kettle, fan, and toaster.
5YEb9 TIL Nixon's infamous "I'm not a crook" press conference took place in Disney World, also making it the first time a sitting president visited the resort
DNlp TIL That there is a Breaking Bad porn parody called “Breaking Bad XXX” in which porn has become illegal. Walter teaches film making and Hank is a vice cop they then go on a bust, only for Walter to catch former student Jesse making porn. Together they team up to legalize porn. [NSFW]
8aBN4 TIL phone numbers on the North American Numbering Plan between 555-0100 and 555-0199 are required to be non-working in all area codes, as they are reserved for fictitious phone numbers in entertainment and advertising, such as for movies and TV Shows.
kWGe TIL Several test pilots were once awarded astronaut wings despite not being in a space program. They managed to exceed 50 miles in altitude or more while attempting to break the world speed record in an X-15 test aircraft. They even managed to break Mach 4, 5, and 6…at up to 67 miles above earth.