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TIL that the English invented a machine that functioned as both an alarm clock and a kettle. They were designed so the user would have a freshly made cup of tea at their bedside as soon as they woke up in the morning.

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N1ZQ TIL the cast/crew of Star Wars: A New Hope flew coach to England due to a low budget. Carrie Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds, called George Lucas to complain about her daughter flying coach. Fisher took the phone from Lucas and said “Mother, I want to fly coach, will you fuck off?!” and hung up.
8e9mK TIL That a US postal worker out on disability for her shoulder was charged with fraud after being seen on The Price is Right spinning the big wheel, twice.
ZX5B TIL The same actor (John Hurt) did the “chestburster” scene in Alien and returned 8 years later to do it in Spaceballs
WkYD9 TIL that in the 70’s, missionary Daniel Everett came to a brazilian indigenous tribe to try to convert them. Instead, they “deconverted” him to atheism.
yVZAM TIL The Patriotic War of 1812 between Russia and France started just 6 days after, and completely independently, of The War of 1812 between the US and the UK