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TIL Alexander Graham Bell developed the metal detector as a last ditch effort to locate a bullet lodged in the chest of American President James Garfield in 1881; the attempt was unsuccessful because the metal coil spring bed Garfield was lying on confused the detector.

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0wb15 TIL That Tanis - The "Lost City" was made famous by the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, is a real city and located in the Nile Delta northeast of Cairo, was capital of the 21st and 22nd dynasties, during the reign of the Tanite kings in Egypt's Third Intermediate period.
oBbo TIL everyone that visits Bill Gates’ mansion, Xanadu 2.0, is given a pin that automatically changes the lighting, music and temperature of every room they enter according to that persons preference.
X000X TIL that the Animals broke up because, while touring in Japan in 1968, their manager was kidnapped by the tour promoters, who were Yakuza, and put him up for ransom. After the manager escaped, the band was forced to flee the country or be killed by the Yakuza, leaving all of their tour gear behind.
8aXDa TIL of Louis de Bourbon, Count of Soissons who after betraying Louis XIII and succesfully beat his army at the Battle of La Marfée, accidentally killed himself when lifting the visor of his helmet with his pistol after the battle was over
nWZ4Y TIL that the majority of people make purchasing decisions based on emotional connections to a brand, not rational features - which is why storytelling has become the most valuable marketing tool