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TIL after their characters unsuccessfully flirted in Jurassic Park, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern actually dated and got engaged

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x6B97 TIL Abraham Lincoln and four other Illinois legislators jumped out of a window to prevent a quorum on a vote that would have eliminated the Illinois State Bank in 1840. It was reported that this wasn't his first time doing this to prevent a vote.
yVvWX TIL that Chuck Taylor All-Stars have been around for over 100 years
Woxo TIL that ~6000 patients a year leave U.S. operating rooms with surgical sponges, forceps, and other surgical tools left inside them. They won’t realize it until they develop a life-threatening infection.
xe10 TIL that due to nylon rationing in WWII, women would apply makeup on their legs in lieu of stockings, and would even use an eyebrow pencil to draw a ‘seam’ down the back
l8V1 TIL the Nigerian money scams we recieve via email date as far back as the 1830s when they were attempted via post.