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TIL about the Hiller Flying Platform, a 1950s hoverboard.

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0akj TIL in 2004 a dentist was charged after he made female patients unwittingly swallow his semen during visits to his clinic. He told them he was “going to put something in her mouth that would taste funny, but would stop the bleeding.”
JY7jj TIL R. Lee Ermey did such a stellar job with his performance in Stanley Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket,' that he only needed 2 or 3 takes to get his scenes right. This was extremely rare for Kubrick who, as a perfectionist, was known to do well over 100 takes for his scenes.
P19DJ TiL it was Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" that popularized the expression "Merry Christmas".
GBj1 TIL that some modern humane livestock handling systems were designed by Temple Grandin, an Autistic woman who didn’t even talk until she was nearly 4
e8JE TIL The first ballpoint pens in America sold for $12.50, the equivalent of $164 today.