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TIL that a handful of American revolutionary veterans survived long enough to have daguerreotypes taken of them

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4m16 TIL Cisco owns the iOS trademark and licenses it to Apple
D150j TIL Human Evolution solves the same problem in different ways. Native Early peoples adapted to high altitudes differently: In the Andes, their hearts got stronger, in Tibet their blood carries oxygen more efficiently.
4X0gN TIL that the Torch Relay in the Olympic Games was actually invented by Germans in 1936 as political propaganda used by the Nazis to promote their cause in conjunction with the Olympics.
KOdeE TIL that Jerry Seinfeld made about $30,000 for each line he said on the show “Seinfeld”
mxolE TIL after high school senior Allison Closs dressed up a cardboard cutout of Danny DeVito to go with her to prom, DeVito returned the favor by bringing a cardboard cutout of Closs to the set of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.