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TIL that Jim Carrey ended up marrying the actress that played Mary Swanson in Dumb & Dumber. So you’re sayin there’s a chance…

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7XEM TIL When ATM machines were introduced, it was assumed that the tellers’ job would be eliminated. But ATMs ended up increasing tellers overall. ATMs introduced - Teller jobs per branch reduced - Branches became cheaper to operate - Number of branches increased - Overall number of tellers increased.
DomV TIL that gray whales mate in threes; the non-dominant male just acts as a brace to hold the female in place so that she doesn’t float away.
9yXG TIL Pilgrims were fleeing religious persecution but only because they preached intolerance and did not put up with political or religious dissent.
neo07 TIL that Ferdinand Porsche stole several design elements of Volkswagen Beetle from an Austrian engineer named Hans Ledwinka of Tatra, a Czech car company. Tatra took legal action, but Hitler invaded Austria, seized its factory, and banned the car. The case was settled by VW after the war.
e0bLL TIL about convicted murderer Norio Nagayama who went on to become an award-winning novelist while in prison. He was executed in 1997.