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TIL Albert Einstein once used a $1,500 check from Rockefeller Foundation as a bookmark, and then he lost the book.

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GJ6Q TIL that when complaints were filed calling for the dismissal of Ulysses S. Grant due to his drinking habits, Lincoln responded, “I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.”
E1eWw TIL that J.K. Rowling confused the layout of King’s Cross with that of London Euston Station when writing Harry Potter, and that Platforms 9 and 10 are actually two train lines next to each other, with no separating platform.
xVOEk TIL that on May 11, 1995, during the first E3, Sega announced their new Saturn console would cost $400 and shockingly had been shipped to select retailers that same day. During their keynote, Sony announced the Playstation would launch at $300. Sega would exit the console business six years later.
leGK TIL that US Law does not protect speech that is “likely to provoke the average person to retaliation”
pBD8 TIL Ohio is the only state to have an official rock song, and it’s “Hang on Sloopy”