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TIL windshield wipers were originally invented by Mary Anderson in 1903. They were originally intended to be used for trolley cars, but she could not get any companies to use them. Cadillac began using the invention on cars in 1922 but she did not profit from the invention as the patent had expired.

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16DYd TIL that in 1928, millionaire Howard Hughes set a bizarre rule for his staff: they had to handle everything he touched with tissues to avoid germs. Later in life, Hughes became so obsessed with cleanliness that he lived in sealed rooms, wore tissue boxes on his feet, and stored his urine in jars.
OGQ7R TIL Conjoined twins Lupita and Carmen Andrade are connected at the torso and share a pelvis and reproductive system. When Carmen wishes to spend more time with her boyfriend, she lets her sister choose where they are going and the activity they are doing
RKR8 TIL about Blockbusting, a method used during the “white flight” era, where real-estate agents would fake a black person moving into a white neighborhood to scare the rest of the residents into hastily selling their houses at a loss. They then charged high prices selling the houses to black families
nJJB TIL that no Pope has recognized St. Patrick as a Saint
4XLpX Mars and the moon are already at the top of NASA’s prospect list for future human exploration and possibly colonies, but another planet has recently been getting some unexpected attention. NASA seriously wants to send humans to Venus.