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TIL Teller of Penn & Teller’s full name is legally just “Teller”.

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BgpeL TIL that outlaw John Wesley Hardin was killed by John Selman. Selman was in turn killed by George Scarborough. Six years later, Scarborough was shot dead.
grOk8 TIL that a dump truck caused a New York City elevated freeway to collapse in 1973. The truck was found to have been 9 tons overloaded and the company operating it was blamed. The contract to clean up the results of the failure was subsequently awarded to the same company.
vPjRx TIL Lobsters can be right- or left-handed – or clawed. When larval lobster settle to the bottom, their claws are identical. But within several molts, the claws become specialized. They also have clear blood that turns blue when exposed to air, due to oxidizing copper in the hemocyanin protein.
oWWo TIL the first recorded flight of a human with artificial wings happened in the year 6 CE. Emperor Kao Yang liked to strap kites to his prisoners and throw them off of towers. One lucky guy, Yuan Huang T'ou, got a kite that worked well enough to carry him safely to the ground.
ymEJ TIL that in the 1780s, the Austrian army attacked itself by mistake and lost over 10,000 men