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TIL a "nickelodeon" is a small movie theater that shows short-films for a nickel, from the early 1905-1915

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Z8N4Y TIL the deep male voice behind the songs of Boney M. are from a German producer named Frank Farian, not from the 'main' frontman male 'vocalist' Bobby Farrell. Frank Farian was also the same guy that 'fabricated' the group Milli Vanilli, in which none of the frontman sang any lyrics of their tracks.
yAdl TIL of Myiamoto Musashi. A samurai from the 16th century, won over 60 duels, fought in 2 wars and is credited with inventing the art of psyching out your opponent and dual wielding katana, he killed his first man at the age of 13.
LkxEp TIL Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage created a combat robot. In its first two tournaments, they were asked to withdraw in exchange for co-champion status. In the first it had slung pieces of its opponents into the audience. In the second these pieces damaged the walls specifically improved for it.
epdwn TIL that modesty was the reason stethoscope was invented by by René Laennec because he was not comfortable placing his ear directly onto a woman's chest in order to listen to her heart.
0wjY1 TIL, 146 cryogenically frozen people are buried in the desert waiting for science to resurrect them