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TIL that asthma is the most common chronic illness among Olympians.

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OJw4 TIL the first commercially available handheld cellular phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, which hit the market in 1983 and weighed in at 2 pounds. It was priced at $3,995
rNYe0 TIL that One Piece is the 2nd highest selling comic book of all time. It’s outsold X Men, Spider-Man and Batman to achieve this goal.
JZR1 TIL Linux 4.0’s codename is “Hurr durr I'ma sheep”
4Jkg TIL the inventor of the windshield wiper Mary Anderson was granted a patent for it in 1903, she tried to sell the rights in 1905 and was told that it held no commercial value and was unable to sell it. 19 years later, they became standard equipment on every vehicle.
J1NkB TIL Mel Brooks was a combat engineer at the Battle of the Bulge. When the Nazis played their propaganda over loudspeakers, he responded by setting up his own sound system and playing music by Jewish singer Al Jolson.