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TIL that the first smartphone, an IBM prototype codenamed Angler, debuted in 1992--three years before the word 'smartphone' was invented. It sent emails, ran apps, and had a working touch screen.

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Bgxod TIL Thomas(ine) Hall was declared both a man and a woman in a Virginia court in 1629 and ordered to wear men's clothing with a woman's apron and bonnet. He/She would present as either gender carnally and when working as soldier, lacemaker, field laborer, or maid. Thomasine was physically intersex.
9wABm TIL gut bacteria and the nervous system communicate with neurotransmitters
R5abl TIL the Miami zombie attack had no actual evidence of bath salt use despite it still being brought up in most conversations bath salts are mentioned in
D1Ave TIL Brass, Copper and some other alloys, when used as door knobs in hospitals, kill bacteria, even antibiotic ones such as MRSA far faster than steel and aluminium due to the Oligodynamic Effect
kJp5d TIL that Iceland fought three wars with the United Kingdom between 1958 and 1976, winning every time