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TIL Napoleon Bonaparte wanted a way to communicate silently in the dark, and that's how braille was invented.

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kJWVB TIL that the living component of an acre of soil, may include 900 lb of earthworms, 2400 lb of fungi, 1500 lb of bacteria, 133 lb of protozoa and 890 lb of arthropods and algae.
Xaoj TIL that scientists have discovered the first fully warm-blooded fish
XEo6Q TIL that the Procrastinators' Club of America, based in Pennsylvania, publishes a newsletter called "Last Month's Newsletter".
oBG58 TIL Methamphetamine was sold in WW2 under the brand name Pervitin. It was used by all branches of the Wehrmacht forces of the Third Reich for its "stimulant effects and to induce extended wakefulness."
b9yM4 TIL that while making the movie The Incredibles, director Brad Bird intentionally used the artists who were likely to quit or get fired from Pixar. He believed that only they could create what he wanted in the movie.