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TIL Albert Einstein had a daughter in 1902 but no-one knows what happened to her

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oBa07 TIL of French inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud. He invented the Théâtre Optique, a device for projecting film made several years before the cinematograph (the first widespread projector). Reynaud made the first animated films ever but threw them into a river in a fit of depression. All but one is lost
VaE4 TIL the top 25 hedge fund managers in America make more than all the country’s kindergarten teachers combined
awPaZ TIL that while women weren't allowed to participate in the ancient Olympic Games, they actually had their own event called the Heraia which consisted of the same elements the Olympic Games started out with; a foot race and religious festivities
kjom TIL East St. Louis, Illinois is not only one of the most violent cities in the United States, but it consistently ranks among the world’s most dangerous cities. In 2014 the murder rate of the City was higher than that of Honduras, the country with the highest murder rate in the world.
awMp0 TIL that Clarins, the cosmetics company, gives away products to women undergoing chemotherapy treatments at Montreal hospitals through a special program.