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TIL gloves which can translate sign language into speech are being developed

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j6B8N TIL that when Barney (The Simpsons) shouted "We want Chili Willi" he wasn't calling for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, rather he was referencing 'Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers', a popular British pub rock band from the '70s.
VBw1D TIL That actress Gates McFadden who played Dr. Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek: TNG" had been an employee of The Jim Henson Company as a Muppeteer and choreographed the classic movie Labyrinth.
nP6B TIL Winston Churchill received a prescription for alcohol when he visited the United States during prohibition, his Doctor writing, “The quantity [prescribed] is naturally indefinite”.
vPjBK TIL about Bill Benter, a gambler who wrote an algorithm that helped him win nearly $1 billion on horse races.
M7BB TIL that Walt Disney’s last words were “Kurt Russell,” and that no one, including Kurt Russell, knows what he meant.