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TIL, when he was young Tesla became a gambling addict, lost all his tuition money, dropped out of school and suffered a nervous breakdown

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0wEZL TIL that the guillotine had numerous nicknames. Some of these nicknames include "The National Razor", "Charlot's Rocking Chair," and "The Goncourt Prize for Murderers".
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