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TIL that the light bulb was invented 18 years before the discovery of the electron

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Kv8a TIL that Philip J Fry from Futurama is named after Matt Groening’s father “Homer Philip Groening”, not after Phil Hartman.
VNRZ TIL less than 5% of the world lives in the U.S., but Americans consume about 37% of cocaine in the world.
woJZW TIL that a fake nude photo of an American Congresswoman was debunked by foot fetishists who recognized through extensive experience that the toes in the photo were not the Congresswoman’s
4Xaow TIL USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class submarine of WW II launched in 1943. Tang sank 33 ships totalling 116,454 tons and was sunk by own torpedo off China in the Taiwan Strait, 24 October 1944.
4kala TIL Humans have the largest penis-to-body-mass ratio among primates & it has over 40 muscles and 4,000 nerve endings, making it highly sensitive.It has a unique "reflex" that allows it to become erect without conscious thought.