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TIL that Thomas Alva Edison did not invent the light bulb; electric light sources were being experimented since early 1800s and an English Physicist Sir Joseph Swan had a working prototype of electric incandescent light bulb more than a decade earlier than Edison.

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LW19 TIL Melinda Duckett committed suicide following an interview with Nancy Grace regarding the disappearance of her son.
JXL1 TIL Albert Einstein and Neils Bohr got into such a heated discussion on a street car once that they missed their stop, and missed it again on their way back to catch it.
nErY TIL Christian Bale turned down the role of James Bond, saying “I’ve already played a serial killer.”
RKJl TIL when US imposed sanctions against Russia’s space program the Russian Deputy Prime Minister tweeted “After reviewing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest that the United States deliver their astronauts to the ISS using a trampoline”
BrEvx TIL that although considered masters of camouflage, cephalopods like Squids, Octopi, and Cuttlefish are in fact colourblind and can modulate their experience of sight.