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Til Jackie Chan was scheduled to film a scene on top of one of the twin towers on 9/11, lucky for him It was cancelled.

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LQm7Z TIL that in the 1860s, Napoleon III backed the “Pantelegraph", an early fax machine invented by Giovanni Caselli in 1855 - over 20 years before the telephone. It sent handwriting over telegraph lines; 25 words took 108 seconds. It was frequently used to verify signatures in banking.
pvwp TIL Service dogs are trained to know when they are on duty. When their harness is on, they know they are at work. When you take it off they instantly become playful and energetic.
VMRjD TIL Stretch marks are also called by their technical name, striae, which are actually scars. The skin stretches so quickly that the collagen and elastic tissue are damaged, leading to the characteristic line-like appearance of the skin.
4kJPa TIL the ancient Romans had portable multitools similar to today’s Swiss Army knives
ZKeQ TIL that one quarter of Russian men die before the age of 55. Vodka is attributed to the majority of these deaths.