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TIL of Anthony Ray, producer and son of famous Hollywood director Nicholas Ray, who was once married to his father's ex-wife--actress Gloria Grahame--his former stepmother. Since Grahame had a child named Timothy Ray, with Nicholas Ray, that made Anthony his stepfather and brother at the same time.

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8aNQV TIL the world's first microprocessor was built in 1968 for the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet (featured in the cinema classic "Top Gun"), and was kept classified until 1998
Vde8 TIL Leonardo da Vinci not only conceptualized the world’s first self-propelled vehicle and crank-powered armored car (tank), but also possibly constructed the world’s first humanoid robot - more than 500 years ago.
JNQ TIL that July 10th is Nikola Tesla Day
aw1wZ TIL that Nicolas Winding Refn, director of the movie "Drive", failed his driving test 8 times.
NX8bb TIL that researchers Limb, Limb, Limb, and Limb, in a study of doctors, figured out that doctors tend to choose a specialization that fit their surnames, alias nominative determinism (ie. Dr. Gore the surgeon)