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TIL that Harry Houdini in disguise would attend magic shows by people who claimed to be "spiritual mediums", knowing their trick, he would finally light a flashlight that left the deception in the open and stand up and cry “I am Houdini! And you are a fraud!"

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4kaEg TIL that eels can travel over land for short distances by slithering through wet grass to reach new bodies of water.
J051 TIL that Goldeney 007 for N64 only had 9 developers on the team, and 8 of them had never worked on video games before.
x6Oj1 TIL about the big sun dial in Cranmer Park in Denver, Colorado, which actually keeps time. The current sundial is the second one as the original donated in 1941 was destroyed by vandals with dynamite in 1965. A replcament was installed in 1966 after a citywide fundraising effort.
Nr4M TIL Al Jolson famous for performing in blackface was the only white man who was allowed into the all-black nightclubs in Harlem. The reason being that he helped many black people succeed in the music business and fought against racial discrimination.
nlxd TIL the slogan of Bethesda is “the more you play with us, the bigger we get!”