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TIL Samuel Beckett used to drive Andre the Giant to school.

by whatilearned May 20, 2023, 12:44 am

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TIL about Dr. Samuel Mudd Sr., an American physician who rendered aid to John Wilkes Booth after President Lincoln’s assassination and then covered up Booth’s location when questioned by authorities. Mudd was convicted of conspiring to assassinate the president but avoided execution by one vote.

by whatilearned May 15, 2023, 6:29 pm

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TIL while living in a French village in the 1950s, Irish playwright Samuel Beckett sometimes drove local children to school, including a young Andre the Giant and two bonded over their love of cricket, with Andre later recalling that the two rarely talked about anything else.

by whatilearned February 17, 2023, 3:28 am

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On the news thread about The Satanic Temple naming their new abortion clinic after Samuel Alito

by CopyPastaArchive February 15, 2023, 12:50 am

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Samuel L Jackson plays golf

by CopyPastaArchive January 28, 2023, 2:11 am

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TIL that German chocolate cake is not named for Germany, the country. It was named after Samuel German, who worked at Baker’s Chocolate Company.

by whatilearned January 27, 2023, 1:34 am

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TIL: Samuel Byck tried to assassinate President Nixon by hijacking a plane and crashing it into the White House. Byck drove to BWI, shot a police officer, stormed a Delta aircraft and shot the two pilots. Police stopped Byck before the plane ever moved, but Nixon was in the White House at the time.

by whatilearned December 5, 2022, 2:19 am

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TIL the beer brewery Samuel Smith owns and operates around 200 non-descript pubs in the U.K where music, televisions, and mobile phones are banned.

by whatilearned December 4, 2022, 1:35 am

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TIL of Joseph Samuel, who was hanged thrice and lived.

by whatilearned November 14, 2022, 11:33 pm

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Samuel Perez TW: SA

by CopyPastaArchive October 10, 2022, 1:18 am

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TIL in 1790s Samuel Ireland announced a rare discovery of Shakespearean manuscripts and plays. Experts were convinced they were real. Shakespearean scholar Edmond Malone proved the handwriting was forged and William Henry Ireland, Samuel’s son and lawyer-apprentice, eventually confessed to the hoax.

by whatilearned September 25, 2022, 2:14 pm

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TIL about the Spinning Mule, which revolutionised textile production. It was invented by Samuel Crompton in the 1700s. Over 5 million units were eventually produced, but Crompton received no money because he couldn’t afford to patent his own invention.

by whatilearned July 30, 2022, 11:51 pm

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