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TIL new knitting patterns were banned in both world wars as a counter-measure to knitted coded messages

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xV9y0 TIL about "The Thomas Edison of Finland", Eric Tigerstedt, who was awarded 71 patents between 1912 and 1924, including one in 1917 for a "pocket-size folding telephone". He was tragically killed in a car accident on April 20, 1924, rumoured to have been caused by a competitor.
166DP TIL that the lyrics in most Elden Ring (videogame) songs are completely gibberish and void of meaning. They are computer generated and adjusted to sound like an ancient language.
R54jQ TIL that when Hamlet talks about knowing “a hawk from a handsaw,” he wasn’t referring to the tool but a bird (handsaw was originally “heronshaw,” an old form of “heron.”)
R5o46 TIL that from 1961 to 1993, 6 out of the 7 US Presidents were navy veterans.
EJp7 TIL the “bye! have a beautiful time!” guy at the end of American Dad is Security Officer Peña, a Venezuelan-American who worked at the office buildings where Family Guy and American Dad! are produced.