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TIL: The first ever "selfie" was taken way back in 1839 by Robert Cornelius

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oNME TIL in the fiscal year 2010-11 there were three incidents in which UK police discharged a conventional firearm
0BVL TIL Mel Blanc the voice of Bugs Bunny, voiced Barney Rubble from the Flintstones while he was in full-body cast as he lay flat on his back with the other Flintstones co-stars gathered around him after a car crash.
ePbE TIL James Doohan (Star Trek’s original Scotty) helped a suicidal fan turn her life around by calling and asking her to attend a convention
Wa04 TIL that the first woman to be nominated as a US Presidential Candidate was Victoria Woodhull of the “Equal Rights Party” in 1872
E1RVX TIL that the 1971 Italian Grand Prix was the closest Formula 1 race ever - the winner was 0.01 seconds ahead of the runner-up, the 5th-place driver was only 0.61 seconds behind the winner, and the lead changed 26 times, with 8 different drivers holding the lead at some stage