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TIL of Mr. Skygack, from Mars. Running from 1907 to 1911, it is considered to be the first science-fiction comic, featuring the first extraterrestrial character in comics history. It also inspired the first cosplay, where a man wore a Mr. Skygack costume to a masquerade in 1908.

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gMJ58 TIL a 25-barrel gun was used in an assassination attempt on the King of France in 1835. It fired over 400 projectiles at once and killed 18 people. The assassin was badly injured by exploding barrels, and tracked down by the trail of blood.
16xMV TIL that one man has single-handedly mapped over 90% of the River Thames.
rNNey TIL The Grateful Dead helped make yogurt popular in the United States by doing a benefit concert for Ken Kesey's brother's creamery
nNr7 TIL that when Zach Braff originally appeared on MTV’s “Punk’d,” he actually punched Ryan Pinkston in the stomach, but the fight was edited out of the footage; in Braff’s own words, “They edited it out, because apparently you’re not supposed to punch people on Punk’d.”
kYOm TIL that Nero did not “fiddle” during the Great Fire of Rome. Upon hearing news of the fire, Nero rushed back to Rome to organize a relief effort. He opened his palaces to provide shelter for the homeless, arranging for food supplies to be delivered in order to prevent starvation among the survivors