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TIL the girl from PlayStation's 1999 "Mental Wealth" commercial is now a professional photographer

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m1w6R TIL Why the Can Opener Wasn’t Invented Until Almost 50 Years After the Can
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wLVRW TIL that when Kim Peek managed payrolls of 160 people, he was able to complete this task in just hours without a calculator and when he was fired to be replaced by a computer, it took two full time accountants plus the computer just to replace him.
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