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TIL that the first fax machine was invented several decades before Bell's telephone was patented.

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Bg4Zk TIL Sister Rosetta Tharpe. "The original soul sister" &"The Godmother of rock and roll" She was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, and use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, opening the way to the rise of electric blues.
bXBE TIL in a ‘94 Carribean Cup soccer match two teams spent the last 5 minutes of the game furiously trying to score on their own goal
N71gM TIL: ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, comedian Bill Engvall and Gothic horror/romance novelist Ann Rice all attended the same high school in Texas, which was also the setting of the student suicide incident that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".
G865 TIL of the International Dark Sky Association, an organization dedicated to fighting light pollution and preserving the night sky in areas around the planet called dark sky reserves.
OGBk4 TIL that Maria Leijerstam rode a tricycle from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole