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TIL that Simon Helberg (Howard Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory) guest-starred on the Friends spin-off Joey as an engineering student at Caltech – essentially a prototype of the Howard Wolowitz character

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kKxm TIL that in Japan, it is acceptable to take a nap on a strangers shoulder on a train
GAww1 TIL that in 1926, Nikola Tesla predicted modern cell phones. Tesla described a future "when wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth" in a way that allows humans "to communicate with one another instantly irrespective of distance" with the clarity of a face-to-face meeting using a device.
1a0d4 TIL that the iconic character of Nurse Ratched from "Once Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" is also a recurring character in ABC/Disney's dramatic fairytale show "Once Upon a Time"
Oo67Y TIL Betty White is actually 4 years older than the Queen of England (Born 1922 to the Queen's 1926)
eplaL TIL that if you want to send mail from Australia to the North Pole, you use the 9999 postcode from Victoria Australia.