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TIL in 1939 The New Times predicted the television would not be successful because it required people to sit and keep their eyes glued to a screen, which no one had time for.

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9Y90Q TIL a memorial plaque to rapper Tupac Shakur was added to a bench in the sleepy coastal town of Lancing in the UK. Locals Neil Whitemore and Graham Staines justified the decision by stating “It’s brought people together, like the hip-hop community and the people who like benches”.
ADWVn TIL during his time as a POW, Alexis Casdagli made numerous cross-stitches. One of them was so good that the Germans displayed them in his POW camp for everyone to see, unaware of a secret message stitched into his handiwork. The message, in Morse code, reads "God save the King" and "Fuck Hitler"
x670B TIL that Violet Jessop, a courageous ship's nurse from the 20th century, miraculously survived three disastrous shipwrecks: the Olympic in 1911, the Titanic in 1912, and the Britannic in 1916.
M7bG7 TIL actor James Cagney was originally cast as the lead in 1938's "The Adventures of Robin Hood", being Warner Bros' biggest star at the time. But after he walked out on his WB contract, it paved the way for the role to go instead to Errol Flynn
WkAPX TIL that "piggy" bank originally had nothing to do with pigs. "Pygg," in Olde English, was a type of clay used to make jars, containers..., and coin banks. It was also pronounced like "pug." As time passed, the "y" in "pygg" was pronounced like a short "I," and the rest is history.