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TIL Why the Can Opener Wasn’t Invented Until Almost 50 Years After the Can

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VBQdD TIL during an 12 year period from 1822 to 1833, four future US Presidents would all be born within the state of Ohio - Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Benjamin Harrison
ZpldD TIL Myron Noodleman, the clown famous for performing at minor league ballparks, was the uncle of SNL alum Bill Hader.
XEr5j TIL Stu, the IT guy from "what we do in the shadows", is in fact an IT guy named Stu in real life. He thought he was on set to help with IT related tasks and had no idea how big his part in the movie was until filming was almost wrapped
4agR TIL a Louisville man was acquitted of killing his girlfriend. 6 mos later, rolls of film were found in his former home with photos of him torturing and murdering her. Double jeopardy prevented a retrial, but he was charged with perjury for testifying that he didn’t do it
g7L7 TIL: people used to send telegrams with the word “stop” instead of a period because punctuation cost extra, but the word stop was free.