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TIL TED held its first conference in 1984 and included presentations from Apple, Sony and other professionals. It was a finalcial flop and it took 6 years for them to organize the next event in 1990.

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4kLJR Til the real dog, kabosu, the face behind the famous “doge” meme has been diagnosed with leukemia
8KyL TIL When Anglerfish mate, they melt into each other and share their bodies forever. If a male finds a female, he latches on and fuses to her, losing his internal organs until they share a bloodstream.
6ED9w TIL that Thomas Edison would hire thugs to destroy movie sets because he felt that he owned the rights to any and all film made since he filed the first patent for the motion picture camera
VMmgB TIL in the 40's hundreds of Guatemalans were infected involuntarily with syphilis by Johns Hopkins University, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and the Rockefeller Foundation. A court case is underway to this day on behalf of 444 victims resulting in 83 deaths.
b6MD7 TIL water exists on the sun