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TIL that the first known use of a vending machine dates back to ancient Greece, where a device accepted coins and dispensed holy water in temples.

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NMj6 TIL George Reeves; the 1950’s Superman, had a young boy point a gun on him to test “Superman’s” Invincibility. Reeves convinced him to put the gun down by telling him someone else would get hurt when the bullet bounced off
awGyo TIL Billionaire Aristotle Onassis (who married Jacqueline Kennedy after JFK's assassination) upholstered his yacht's bar stools with whale foreskins
AD1aB TIL Karl Marx was known for his extravagant and wasteful spending
GRp7 TIL Mormon founder Joseph Smith purchased Egyptian papyri from a traveling mummy exhibit. His translation of the text was entirely inaccurate but Mormons still regard this text to be true and as sacred as the Bible or Book of Mormon.
b1ya TIL that in 2007, Quebec police sent provocateurs disguised as demonstrators to a protest at the North American leaders summit in Montebello Quebec to incite a riot and justify dispersing the otherwise legal and constitutionally protected peaceful assembly.