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TIL Stephen Hawking left behind £16.3 Million (around $20 Million) in his last will and testament, and £10 Thousand to his long-time personal assistant. Hawkings Archive and his personal office contents passed into public ownership using methods that saved his estate £4.2 Million of inheritance tax

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Gj7E TIL about the Baghdad Battery. A 2000 year old clay jar with a stopper made of asphalt. Sticking through the asphalt is an iron rod surrounded by a copper cylinder. When filled with vinegar or other electrolytic solution, the jar produces about 1.1 volts.
RYdl TIL in 2011, Firefighters in Tennessee let a house burn down because the homeowners didn’t pay a “$75 fire subscription fee”.
6xxW TIL the American animated television show RoboTech is the result of heavily editing three Japanese television series that were previously unrelated to one another.
ZpXeB TIL that an encrypted copy of Microsoft Bob as included on the Windows XP installation CD to make it more difficult to pirate.
OoDo7 TIL that Joe Perry sold his 1959 Gibson Les Paul during his 1982 divorce. Later he found the guitar was owned by Slash. Perry called Slash and bugged him for years, offering to pay more than the guitar's worth. Years later at Joe's 50th birthday party, Slash finally gave him the guitar as a gift.