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TIL In 1930 Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure of a regular-service electric multiple unit train from the Hoboken Terminal to Montclair New Jersey!

by whatilearned May 14, 2022, 11:50 pm

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TIL that British broadcaster Thomas Woodrooffe was taken off-air midway through a program on national radio for being intoxicated and incoherent.

by whatilearned May 9, 2022, 1:11 pm

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TIL That there was a plot to kill or kidnap George Washington early in the Revolutionary War – the traitors were from Washington’s Life Guards, similar to today’s Secret Service. One of the traitors was the first person to be put to death for treason, Thomas Hickey, in front of 20,000 people.

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 7:08 pm

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TIL that test pilot Thomas Attridge Jr. accidentally shot down his own plane after firing a short burst and going into a dive. The drag on the bullets slowed them down enough for the diving plane to catch up to and collide with them.

by whatilearned May 7, 2022, 5:22 pm

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TIL Cillian Murphy Lived with Gypsies to Prepare for the Role of Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders

by whatilearned May 6, 2022, 9:18 pm

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Thomas the tank engine being interrogated

by CopyPastaArchive April 29, 2022, 4:18 pm

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TIL about Thomas Midgley, considered the Most Harmful Inventor in History who invented leaded gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Both of these inventions caused a great magnitude of damage to both human and planetary health.

by whatilearned April 26, 2022, 5:45 am

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TIL about Dave Thomas, who was a mentee of Colonel Sanders, who came up with the idea for the rotating bucket sign and having the Colonel appear on TV. He later sold his stake in four of his franchises back to Sanders for $1.5 million, then went on to found a chain of restaurants called Wendy’s.

by whatilearned April 24, 2022, 1:27 am

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TIL TIL After he died Einstein’s family directed that he—meaning all of him—be cremated. Dr. Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who performed the autopsy, decided to remove Albert’s brain before releasing his body to the undertakers. He stored Einstein’s brain in his home for 20+ years in Mason jars

by whatilearned April 22, 2022, 8:18 pm

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TIL about Thomas Crapper, a 19th century plumber and businessman whose life story was satirized in the 1969 book ‘Flushed With Pride,’ which falsely claimed he invented the modern flushing toilet, leading many to doubt he ever truly existed

by whatilearned April 17, 2022, 2:52 am

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TIL ginger ale was invented by apothecary Thomas Cantrell in Belfast during the 1850s. In the 1890s, Canadian John J. McLaughlin, a chemist and pharmacist, added flavor extracts to his version. And so Canada Dry was created. It became a hit in the prohibition-era US as a mixer for cocktails.

by whatilearned April 15, 2022, 2:51 pm

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TIL Fine restaurateur Thomas Keller of The French Laundry in California served as food consultant to the Pixar film Ratatouille, allowing its producer, Brad Lewis, to intern for two days in the kitchen of his restaurant.

by whatilearned April 14, 2022, 12:00 pm

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