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TiL Shift Key's name originated from the typewriter, where one had to press and hold the button to shift up the case to UPPERCASE from lowercase .

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4kB7w TIL The actor in the famous "Crying Indian" TV ads was....Sicilian. At least they were recycling people into new ethnicities....
pYW9O TIL that the first time a slow-motion replay had ever been used on television was to unknowingly rebroadcast the moment one boxer (Emile Griffith) killed another (Benny Paret).
nevyW TIL of Carl, a 5-year-old deaf boxer who is unbothered by court noises and accompanies kids during depositions and trials. He offers a sense of protection for children while they face their abusers in court.
KYDaR TIL that the origin of the name of "Tank" for large armored vehicles was part of the British deception to keep them secret where they disclosed them to be simple mobile water tanks rather than a major new offensive weapon.
LQ6Z9 TIL that in 1966, Frank Sinatra threw a phone at Frederick Weisman, breaking his skull and putting him in critical condition for 48 hours. Weisman had asked Sinatra and his friends to quiet down.