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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.
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TIL that technology during the silent movie era forced actors to wear multi-colored makeup so the camera could capture their faces properly
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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.
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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.
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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