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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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TIL Jonah Hill holds the record for cursing on screen putting Samuel L. Jackson in second place.

by whatilearned July 7, 2022, 12:43 am

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TIL In 1014, Byzantine Emperor Basil II captured several thousand Bulgarian soldiers, put them into groups of 100, and blinded 99 in every group. The last soldiers had only one eye gouged out and were ordered to lead their blind friends home. Upon seeing this, Tsar Samuel died of a heart attack.

by whatilearned June 18, 2022, 1:07 am

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TIL that Xanadu is an alternative name for Shangdu, the summer capital of Kublai khan and the yuan dynasty in general. The name Xanadu itself and its meaning as a metaphor for a place of opulence was popularized by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his poem about Kublai khan.

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 11:28 pm

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by CopyPastaArchive May 19, 2022, 7:29 am

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TIL Samuel L. Jackson Once Held Martin Luther King Jr.’s Father Hostage During A Campus Protest

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 12:47 am

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TIL of Samuel Upham, a Philadelphia merchant who printed over $15 million Confederate dollars from 1862-63. The fake notes widely circulated in the South. When investigated by the US Government, his case was dismissed as it’s not illegal to counterfeit currency of a country not recognized by the US.

by whatilearned May 13, 2022, 3:43 am

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TIL that Samuel L. Jackson is 73 years old and the highest-grossing actor of all time

by whatilearned May 2, 2022, 10:27 am

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TIL that Samuel L. Jackson was a stand-in for Bill Cosby on “The Cosby Show” for three years

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 2:41 am

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How did Samuel L Jackson die in star wars?

by cringeyjokesman April 3, 2022, 7:12 am

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Til: The Reason Samuel L. Jackson yells “Motherf—er” is that as a child he had a stutter and this helped keep his speech fluid

by whatilearned March 25, 2022, 2:08 pm

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TIL Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, the progenitor to the Dupont family, one of the wealthiest of 19th and 20th-century USA, influenced Adam Smith’s views on the economy, helped organize Poland–Lithuania’s educational system, and was the originator of the idea that became the Louisiana Purchase.

by whatilearned March 14, 2022, 11:36 am

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