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TIL Alfred Hitchcock made the first recorded “Thats what she said” joke in 1929.

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WkyNo TIL: John Spinello, the inventor of the game 'Operation' sold it for $500 USD in 1964 to a toy inventor. It has since made more than $40 million in sales for the Milton Bradley Company. In 2014, he had to crowdfund to afford a $25,000 operation to fix his teeth.
Nal6 TIL of Bertha Benz, wife of the inventor of the first modern automobile, who made the first ever long-distance drive to market the invention. Along the way, she used her garter to repair the ignition and invented the first pair of brake pads. The 66mi trip took her the entire day.
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