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TIL Nikola Tesla predicted the modern smartphone - in 1926.
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TIL that a man attempted to commit suicide changed his mind at the last minute resulting in a chain reaction train wreck killing 11. And he was later sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences
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TIL After Soviet authorities released The Grapes of Wrath as propaganda against the injustices of American capitalism, they were forced to backtrack and ban the film as audiences were instead impressed with how even poor rural American farmers owned cars
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TIL: The name “Six Flags" is a reference to the flags of the six different nations that governed Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.
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TIL that techniques for cheaply mass-producing truffles have existed since 1808. However, due to a combination of factors, many of these techniques were lost, and despite modern attempts truffle production has never fully recovered.
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TIL Waitressing is the most stressful job according to scientists. It is a more stressful job than neurosurgery, mining or even bomb diffusing.