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TIL the fax machine was invented before the telephone

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o5rL TIL - In an effort to solve the extremely high corruption rate problem, Georgia (the country) once fired it’s ENTIRE police force. It turned out that the police WERE the problem and the move actually worked, as the country’s corruption almost vanished in the following three months with no police.
b9AMN TIL that Julia Child used to work for the OSS - the predecessor to the CIA - during WWII. She was part of a team that worked on creating a shark repellent that would coat explosives aimed at German U-Boats.
QNd7M TIL dragonflies are widely considered to be the most successful hunters on Earth, with observed hunting success rates as high as 97%, significantly exceeding most other predators, including large mammals like lions.
JYoP8 TIL in 1776, all US states were slave states. It wasn't until 1780 that a US state, Pennsylvania, ended slavery.
epekb TIL one cannot pee and sneeze simultaneously.