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TIL of Stanley Meyer’s water powered car, mysterious death, and final words: “They poisoned me!”

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v19ZD TIL about the show "I Want to Marry Harry" where the contestants were brainwashed into believing that the guy they were dating on the show was Prince Harry. They even sent the contestants a fake "therapist" to convince them he was real.
wL168 TIL less than three years the Wright Brothers were widely dismissed as 'liars, not flyers' in most mainstream press publications, Wilbur Wright flew in circles around the Statue of Liberty in front of one million New Yorkers then flew continuously for 20 more more miles.
E10VW TIL Poland once gave USA a birthday card signed by 5,5 million Polish people
wZBJ TIL: “In France, nearly 96% of high schools…have condom vending machines”
E16yo TIL that King Martin of Aragon died from uncontrollable laughter after his favorite jester told him a joke to cheer him up