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TIL the rotary phone was invented by an undertaker. The operator in his hometown was married to his competition, so the rotary dial was a way to bypass the human operator.

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d7lB TIL in the Guns & Roses track ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’, they weren’t sure how to end the track. While Axl was listening to the loop he was saying to himself 'Where do we go now?’. The Producer suggested they just use that to fill the breakdown.
4Lgo TIL the 4th richest man in the world(Warren Buffett) still lives in the house he bought for $31,500 in 1958.
E9lX TIL that the corpse of the original singer from Alice in Chains is believed to have sat in front of a flickering tv set for 2 weeks before it was found.
wLNYo TIL there is a video description feature during tv broadcasts for visually impaired that explains visually important actions that would otherwise be lost to those that can’t see.
8eR8X TIL Air Conditioning was Invented in 1902 to Dry Ink, but Became Popular After Installation in a Movie Theater in New York 20 years Later.