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TIL even though Einstein said “God does not play dice with the universe” He also said. “It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.”

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VBvrZ TIL Romani people were chattel slaves in Romania until 1856
e8R5 TIL the actor who played Uncle Fester, Jackie Coogan, also starred as the kid with Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid”. After his parents spent almost all of his $3-$4 million earnings, the “Coogan Bill” was passed to protect child actors. He was also a WWII pilot and married to Betty Grable.
AD1xl TIL That Hello Kitty's real name it Kitty White, is British, has a twin sister called Mimi. Her name was taken from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass; during a scene early in the book, Alice plays with a cat she calls Kitty
J1Rxk TIL that the distinct sound of John Bonham's drums on Zeppelin's, When the Levee Breaks had little to do with the grandeur of the three-story stone structure Headley Grange where they recorded. The sound engineer Andy Johns incorporated a delay device - Binson Echorec - to achieve the echo effect.
kJQ64 TIL that the scientific name of the jojoba plant stems from a mistake made by a botanist, who misread “Calif.” (on a specimen collection label) as “China”. Thus, he gave it the specific name “chinensis”, incorrectly thinking it was native to China.