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TIL Edwin H. Armstrong the inventor of the FM radio committed suicide because he was spending 90% of his time on litigation against RCA who were trying to suppress the technology.

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rawo TIL Johnny Appleseed didn’t plant his trees to feed people, he planted them to sell them and get people drunk.
0Yey TIL That Sikhs of both genders can lawfully carry a concealed knife in public.
rRROM TIL Germans were persecuted/lynched in America during and prior to WWI
1WxW TIL that there is a cave in Turkey that was believed to be the “Gates of Hell”. It was given the name because the cave contains toxic gases that, if inhaled could kill you in an “instant”.