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TIL Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, but he was also a teacher for the deaf

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X0w9R TIL A teen from Manchester used several fake online personas to convince his best friend to murder him, after surviving the attack, he became the first person in UK history charged with inciting his own murder
rR5ko TIL that Terry Kath killed himself by an accidental gun shot to the head after saying to his roadie, “Don’t worry... look, the clip’s not even in it” then pulling the gun’s trigger while it still had a bullet in the chamber.
jN9yR Today I learned there are no skunks in Europe or Asia. Also explaining this animal and it’s defense mechanism to people who don’t know about is hilarious.
GZkN TIL that George RR Martin’s A Storm of Swords lost the 2001 Hugo Award for Best Novel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. His response? “Eat your heart out, Rowling. Maybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don’t have readers like these.”
Zp0Vo TIL that the founder of Chili's restaurant chain, Larry Levine, was inspired to open a restaurant that served chili and burgers and had the friendly environment of the chili cookoffs his Father in-law hosted. His FIL was famed racing driver and performance car constructor, Carroll Shelby.