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TIL: Trading Places’ Was Originally Written for Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor

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E1OAW TIL about Kintsukuroi which is the practice of seeing beauty in the flawed or imperfect. Instead of throwing out the damaged pottery, the Japanese would repair it with gold and create art from the broken.
YQlG TIL a man independently carved a 360 ft long pathway through a mountain to help shorten a route to/from his impoverished town. After 22 years and much abuse, it was completed and cut 35km off of a commonly traveled route.
WwPB TIL a hacker called Barnaby Jack figured out a way to wirelessly shut down pacemakers and found an exploit to get an ATM machine to dispense all it’s money. A week before he was due to demonstrate his research, he was found dead from a drug overdose.
47aJ TIL of a Malawian teenager who taught himself how to build a windmill out of junk and bring power to his village. He then went on to build a second, larger windmill to power irrigation pumps. He did this all from books he read in the library.
R5Rnj TIL In the 1990s Marvel released their financial reports in comic book form. The comics featured characters like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk discussing revenue sources and future business plans.