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TIL that before alarm clocks were invented, people would drink tons of water before they went to bed so that their over-full bladder would wake them up around the time they needed to be up

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e0RBk TIL that the Louvre (Paris) is so big it would actually take me 100 days to see each piece of art of the museum, spending 30 seconds in front of each piece and being in the museum 24/7.
w4dM TIL a company will drive you over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge if you’re too scared to drive it yourself
nWV1r TIL: Alexander Green was one of the last hangmen of the Australian prison colonies, having executed 250~ people. He married a convict, and towards his last years became a drunkard and started botching public hangings and the public noticed. He was sent to a mental asylum after he lost his job.
5Y6KD TIL I learned the first American soldier to land on the beach durning the invasion of Normandy was shot twice and not only survived, but lived to be 90 years old.
RMd1 TIl, Ray Kurzweil has predicted that computer brain implants will be available by year 2029. Since 1990, 89 of his 108 predictions have come true.