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TIL that Charlie No-Face or the Green Man was an urban legend about a monster who walked along the side of a highway at night in Pennsylvania. In reality, he was a man named Raymond Robinson, and he went out at night so that his face, disfigured in a childhood accident, wouldn't scare people.

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N8RN TIL Benjamin Franklin never patented any of his inventions. He reasoned that “we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others”, and that “we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously”
OGln1 TIL that Rocky Marciano was cut badly in his second fight with Ezzard Charles. The match was in danger of being stopped, but Marciano ignoring his own corner’s advice to target the body, went for Charles’s chin and knocked him out.
m1ndO TIL Humans can’t walk in a straight line without looking at something. If blindfolded, we gradually walk in a circle. It seems like our brain needs a reference point to stay on track!
1gW7 TIL in 2007, 17-year old Nataline Sarkisyan Died after Cigna Health Insurance denied a life-saving procedure, despite doctors pleas that she receive treatment.
yQPZJ TIL that at age 12, Jet Li won the Chinese National Wushu Championship in the 18+ division. The second and third place competitors were in there mid twenties.