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TIL It took the radio 38 years to reach 50 million people, 20 years for the phone, 13 years for the television, 3.6 years for Facebook and it took Google Plus 88 days

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0dRyj TIL a 2019 study indicated EpiPens (epinephrine auto-injectors) could still be effective up to 30 months past their expiry date
O51a TIL at age 47 Al Capone regressed to the mental capacity of a 12 year-old-child due to brain damage caused by the neurosyphilis and spent the last years of his life in his Florida mansion raving about Communists, foreigners, and Bugs Moran, who he was convinced was plotting to kill him.
9wvKQ TIL February has 28 days (as opposed to 30) because the Romans wanted to have more 31 day months because they considered even numbers unlucky.
N7dZN TIL Tesla and Newton both were celibate and died as virgins. Einstein slept for 10 hours a day.