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TIL the fax machine was invented in 1843
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TIL that Merian C. Cooper, director of the original King Kong, led the Kościuszko Squadron (a 21-American volunteer air force) in battle against the Soviet 1st Cavalry Army, saving the city of Lwów and stopping the spread of communism throughout Europe.
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TIL that MDMA, better known as Ecstasy, was named and popularized by Father Michael Clegg, a Catholic Priest
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TIL Japanese beekeepers use the pheromone threat response from wasps to trap them in glue traps to keep their hives safe
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TIL the spiked ball and chain was never an actually used in warfare; it is entirely a fantasy weapon invented by later peoples but attributed to the middle ages
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TIL KIT-KATS are a product of HERSHEYS in the United States, but NESTLE everywhere else in the world