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TIL Kids used to come up to Theodor Seuss Geisel's door saying that they want to meet Dr. Seuss. They didn't believe it when Geisel said "I'm Dr. Seuss", staring until his wife gave them cookies. Geisel had a fear of audiences, often declining requests to appear in public

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KYoDQ TIL that a hybrid of the American paddlefish and Russian sturgeon was successful despite their last common ancestor being 184 million years ago.
5Ron TIL that in 1970, Bill Murray cracked a joke to another passenger at O'Hare International Airport about carrying a bomb in his suitcase. A ticket agent who overheard the joke summoned the US Marshalls. They didn’t find explosives in the bag, but instead found 10 pounds of weed.
Gjj5 TIL that a Coca-Cola corporate secretary once stole the secret Coca-Cola recipe and attempted to sell it to Pepsi. Instead of acquiring the recipe of their competitor, Pepsi called the FBI and had her arrested.
XEl8X TIL, the city of Kazan is not only one of the oldest cities in Russia, but in Eastern Europe as well. It’s about 150 years older than Moscow. Officially founded in 1005, and became part of the largest Mongol-Tatar empire in the world, the Golden Horde, in the 13th century.
16a1r TIL the unique “sizzling” bass sound of the iconic TR-808, which is now used in almost all pop music, is made by a specific set of rejected transistors. Because they were a mistake, the transistors, and therefore the 808 itself, cannot be reproduced.