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TIL Stranger Things was rejected by 15 to 20 different networks before Netflix picked it up

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1jV TIL: The CEO of Life Lock (identity theft protection) posted his social security number to the public to show the effectiveness of his company. His identity was stolen 13 times.
6OXZ TIL Edison offered Tesla a salary of $50,000 if he successfully improved DC generation plants. After Tesla succeeded, Edison replied “When you become a full-fledged American you will appreciate an American joke,” and refused to pay him.
5Y1MD TIL that before 1600 people tended not to eat breakfast.
8alwa TIL that when Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a Soviet sniper, was being promoted for 257 confirmed kills against the invading Germans her acceptance speech was simply "I'll get more".
P15Pg TIL that Shirley Temple led an extremely successful life as a diplomat after her childhood acting career. She was present in Czechoslovakia when the Soviets cracked down on them. Later after the fall of the USSR, she was the head of establishing diplomatic relations between the US and Czechoslovakia