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TIL using fountain pens in a school in Edinburgh improved academic performance and self esteem

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R7bD6 TIL in the 1880s, many farmers communicated by connecting their phones to barbed wire fences. This process often allowed for up to 20 people to be connected at once, everyone’s phone would ring regardless of who called, and the invention helped many farmers overcome depression and loneliness.
N7L1N TIL when Michael Jackson bought the publishing rights to the Beatles catalog, he was unaware that the Beatles owned all of the rights to Little Richard’s publishing. As soon as Michael found that out, he immediately gave Little Richard all of his publishing rights back
4XaVb TIL Kaiser Wilhelm II drew up plans to invade the United States in 1897. The plan called for an attack on Boston and New York in order to neuter American power in the Pacific.
GAMw5 TIL that the official Game Boy port of classic video game Dragon's Lair has nothing to do with the original game aside from the protagonist Dirk. It is actually a port of a different game, Roller Coaster, the result being a game in which Dirk must navigate various carnival rides and roller coasters.
Ypv8x TIL a test to determine whether a person is susceptible to catch scarlet fever is called "The Dick test" after its inventor.