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TIL the fax machine was invented before the telephone

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rNyXd TIL that Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" only reached #86 on the Billboard Chart
OoYZX TIL a total of 2,500 Londoners have been arrested over the past five years for allegedly sending “offensive” messages via social media.
Lk8QV TIL that before being transferred to Alcatraz, notorious mobster Al Capone's mind had begun failing due to complications with syphilis. He was frequently bullied by his fellow inmates in East State Penitentiary and his cellmate feared that Capone would have a mental breakdown.
epwGL TIL about "The Pearl": An underground pornographic magazine issued monthly between 1879 and 1880. Its contents were three serial erotic tales simultaneously, devoted to sex in high society, incest, and flagellation. It was shut down by the British authorities for violating standards of obscenity.
GYWRQ TIL of the Dakota 38. 38 Dakota Warriors ordered to be hung by Abraham Lincoln. It was the largest mass execution in U.S. history.