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TIL that the word "Pompatus" used by Steve Miller in "The Joker" was made up by him

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wLbME TIL about Abraham Wald, a statistician who helped the Allies during WWII to minimise damage to bombers.
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1a51V TIL Ernest Thompson Seton, one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America, was presented with an invoice for all the expenses connected with his childhood, by his father, including the fee charged by the doctor who delivered him. He paid the bill, but never spoke to his father again.
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X0Xwj TIL US president Benjamin Harrison was widowed while in office in 1892. Four years later, Harrison married his dead wife's niece and had a daughter with her. His adult children who were around 40 years old, were horrified that their father married their cousin and didn't attend the wedding.