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TIL Evel Knievel holds the world record for most bones broken in a human body, at a staggering 433.

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R7wGQ TIL A full-time nurse named Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband Albert invented the first home security system in 1966. She was inspired to do so because she saw how long it would take the police to arrive in her neighborhood after a crime was reported.
914r TIL that potential heirs to the throne of the Ottoman Empire, when born, were kept in a “cage” until they assumed the throne, resulting in many kings to be crazed uneducated madmen.
OGy5g TIL that because of the US Airways aircraft incident on the Hudson River (portrayed in the movie "Sully") 70,000 Canada geese have been intentionally killed in 17 different locations around New York City to prevent further complications with flights.
loxV7 TIL John Steinbeck’s dog, Toby, ate his manuscript of Of Mice and Men. There was no other draft. Steinbeck said of the incident, “I was pretty mad but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically. I didn’t want to ruin a good dog for a ms (manuscript), I’m not sure is good at all.”
781Yx TIL Bertha Benz becoming the first person to drive an automobile a significant distance. On 5 August 1888