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TIL the inventor of headphones was picked up by the US Navy after being rejected by private investors.

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P6nn TIL Americans spend more money on Lotteries than on movies, video games, books, music and sports tickets – combined.
ee86 TIL in 1997 a Great White Shark was killed by an Orca (Killer Whale) causing other Great Whites in the area to flee
Z8Pbv TIL Superman co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and he had been greatly impressed by Toronto’s vitality and size. In creating the Metropolis skyline, Shuster drew on his fond memories of Toronto, which he continued to consider more beautiful than Cleveland, where he later lived
Wx7o TIL a French man on trial for witchcraft in the 1500’s decided to troll his accusers before being sentenced to death and declared that not only was he indeed a sorcerer, but there were more than 300,000 others in France alone, setting off mass hysteria across the country
b6ZON TIL After deposing the English monarchy, the English Republic went on to shut down all theatres, forbade entertainment and banned Christmas. These were eventually unbanned when the Monarchy returned to britain