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TIL that in 1897, Indiana tried to pass a bill which implied that the value of PI was simply 3.2

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kjZ7 TIL that the first streaming music service started in 1897. Users in New York could pick up their phones & connect to the Telharmonium, a central hub that would pipe music being played live by two musicians playing 24 hours a day.
8aGeX TIL that Yale graduate William Chester Minor, who became one of the largest contributors for the compiling of the Oxford English Dictionary by providing usages of words from his antiquated book collection, was a clinically insane murderer who cut off his own penis.
XE9AD TIL: Without Face/Off, Martin Scorsese wouldn’t have an Oscar. Andrew Lau was inspired by Face/Off, but wanted a more realistic approach, which led to him making Internal Affairs, the film that Scorsese remade as The Departed and won his first Oscar.
GYdb7 TIL Volvo designed and patented the 3-point seatbelt. Recognizing the life-saving potential, Volvo eschewed licensing fees and opened the patent for use by any automaker without charge.
RBEa TIL When Paypal was started they gave $20 to everyone that made an account, and $20 for every person they referred. This cost them 60-70 million dollars but they had 100,000 costumers in the month PayPal went online