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TIL Antony Van Leeuwenhoek made lenses for his microscope, which had up to 300X magnification. He is credited with discovering bacteria, protists, nematodes, and spermatozoa, among other things. He examined and drew the “animalcules” of his own semen after sex

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e0XWE TIL that the The White House became one of the first wheelchair-accessible government buildings in Washington during FDR presidency
BrM0x TIL of Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, an Indian Cricket fan who has dedicated his life to following the Indian team to every home match. Living on public support he frequently has to cycle hundreds of kilometres to games. He has also cycled to both Pakistan and Bangladesh to follow his team.
kdym TIL in 1623, the German polymath Wilhelm Schickard designed what was probably the first mechanical digital computer. Schickard died of bubonic plague soon, but his machine was replicated later and is likely to have worked in spite of some imperfections.
oA TIL France is the only agriculturally self-sufficient country in Europe
R7gOa TIL Casey Jones sacrificed himself in order to slow his train to save his passengers from serious injury or death. He was the only fatality.