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TIL: 'The Voice' actor in Field of Dreams (who says "If you build it, he will come") has never been revealed

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yVQbX TIL TIL After he died Einstein’s family directed that he—meaning all of him—be cremated. Dr. Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who performed the autopsy, decided to remove Albert’s brain before releasing his body to the undertakers. He stored Einstein’s brain in his home for 20+ years in Mason jars
698kJ TIL of Lloyd's Bank Coprolite, the largest known fossilized human feces. It measures 20 centimeters (8 in) long and 5 centimeters (2 in) wide and is currently on display at the Jorvik Viking Centre
Y9RG TIL the clerk who approved Alexander Graham Bell’s patent over rival Elisha Gray did so after Bell helped him repay a loan to a friend (who happened to be Bell’s lawyer).
awPkZ TIL that a whiskey shot got its name because in the old west, cowboys would trade a .45 cartridge for 1.5 ounces of whiskey because at the time, they were roughly the same price.
kJYX5 TIL Canon, written in the 17th Century by Johann Pachelbel, is well-known music often played at weddings and Christmas. But it was forgotten after it was written and languished in obscurity for centuries. It wasn't published until 1919; wasn't recorded until 1940; was virtually unknown until 1968.