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TIL that I’d’ve is a proper English contraction.

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vEbR TIL As a child, Stephen King apparently witnessed one of his friends being struck and killed by a train, though he has no memory of the event.
PBvO TIL that technology during the silent movie era forced actors to wear multi-colored makeup so the camera could capture their faces properly
a87VN TIL that Elizabeth Holmes' father was an executive at Enron, a corporation which famously collapsed after it was discovered that they had continually and egregiously defrauded both their own investors and the federal government.
b9Oop TIL that the first vending machine was invented 2000 years ago in Roman Egypt and sold Holy Water. When the coin was deposited, it fell upon a pan attached to a lever which let some water flow out. A counterweight snapped the lever up and turned off the valve once the coin was tilted off the pan.
loKX5 TIL about the Zone Rouge (Red Zone), areas of France so affected by WWI they have been declared off limits and defined as: "Completely devastated. Damage to properties: 100%. Damage to Agriculture: 100%. Impossible to clean. Human life impossible" Pollutants, such as chlorine and arsenic, and unexpl