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TIL that the expression "i have a bridge to sell you" is a reference to George Parker who conned people into buying the Brooklyn bridge

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9mZD TIL Coca-Cola created a campaign to promote unity between India and Pakistan by using high-end vending machines which allowed people in both countries to communicate with each other in real-time.
J1pv TIL during the Apollo 12 mission, a 2 ½ ton piece of the Lunar Module was experimentally crashed onto the surface of the moon. The unexpected result? The moon “rang like a bell” for nearly an hour.
vZLD TIL that one of the collective nouns for butterflies is kaleidoscope. A kaleidoscope of butterflies.
ypQJ TIL Charles Redheffer was an American inventor who claimed to have invented a perpetual motion machine, He was later exposed when an engineer found a hidden cord that led to an upper floor. Upstairs he found an old man who was turning a hand-crank with one hand and eating bread with the other
XEjvE TIL the private railroad car was invented for a tour by Swedish soprano Jenny Lind in the United States