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TIL about the Leatherman, a 19th-century American who walked the same 365-mile loop every 34 days for decades, and whose identity remains unknown.

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VMAlp TIL Quaker Oatmeal packages in 1902 contained a coupon redeemable for an actual deed to a small plot of land in Milford, CT.
nekPG TIL as Dictator, Julius Caesar ordered the deliberations and minutes of the Roman Senate to be published as an act of transparency.
JYAGV TIL Shinee's "Lucifer" was written by Bebe Rexha
G96N TIL in 1941, movie starlet Hedy Lamarr invented and patented an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary for wireless communication. This is the basis of WiFi, CDMA, Bluetooth and other modern communication technologies.
6w6Z TIL a ‘Glove Compartment’ or 'Glove Box’ originally was created to hold driving gloves which were considered necessary equipment in early cars, many without a hard top, to prevent the cooling effect of fast-moving air from numbing drivers’ hands.