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TIL that Bless the Harts and King of the Hill take place in the same universe despite different artstyles

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WZpN TIL: Nikola Tesla was offered the task of completely redesigning the Edison Company’s direct current generators for fifty thousand dollars. After months of work, when Tesla asked for payment Edison refused and said “Tesla, you don’t understand our American humor”
yRZ8 TIL Jesus actor Jim Caviezel was struck by lightning whilst filming The Passion of the Christ
Eglw TIL Suspended animation is a surgical technique in which the patient’s body temperature is lowered to about 55F (18C) causing breathing and blood flow to halt. At this point the surgeon has ~45min to operate before any brain damage occurs.
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1adRP TIL the most decorated infantry unit in US history was made up of Japanese-Americans during WWII despite being untrusted and their communities forced into camps.