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TIL that 15 years ago, Berkeley Researchers recovered "typed text using audio recording of keystrokes"

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jLQE TIL that it is totally legal in New York for a woman to go topless, but only if it’s not used for business purposes.
loljr TIL Gary Webb, the reporter from the San Jose Mercury News who first broke the story of CIA involvement in the cocaine trade, was found dead with “two gunshot wounds to the head.” His death, in 2004, was ruled a suicide.
P9WL TIL The reason why spiders legs curl up is because a spider uses hydraulic pressure to push liquid into its legs that allow it to move, and when it dies the liquid drains out making the legs curl up
R7ND8 TIL nuclear tests carried out roughly every 3 weeks through the '50s at the proving grounds just 65 miles out of Vegas were celebrated & touted as a tourist attraction by city authorities. The mushroom clouds from detonations were visible from the city.
jrjn TIL It only costs $30 billion USD per year to solve world hunger. The US spent nearly FORTY TIMES that amount on military in 2006.