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TIL ‘financial guru’ Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, filed for bankruptcy last year

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PYbew TIL of Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights leader and advisor to MLK who singlehandedly shaped his non-violent protest methods. He was forced to resign to protect the movement when a congressman threatened to fabricate a story of an affair between him and King to dissuade protests in his district.
loeyK TIL Earlier, doctors used to tap the patient's chest to get clues about their medical condition. One 'gentleman' French doctor, reluctant to embarrass a young girl, rolled up a sheet of paper to make a tube and placed it on her chest. It worked, and as a result, the stethoscope was invented.
wo5N6 TIL that James A. Garfield was not only the first sitting member of the House to be elected President, but also published a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem while in office.
awnmZ TIL actor Bill Skarsgård (Pennywise in “It”) stayed in character so authentically while on set that when a group of (kid) extras met him for the first time, some got terrified and started to cry in the midst of the take. When filming cut, Skarsgård apologized to them, “Hey, I’m sorry, it’s pretend”.
nWGAY TIL the concept of putting wheels on luggage was invented in 1970, a year after we put humans on the moon.