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

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NKW6 TIL Dolly, the cloned sheep from the 90s, was named after Dolly Parton because the sheep was cloned from the cell of a mammary gland and the scientist thought the person most synonymous with mammary glands was Dolly Parton.
LQMPv TIL Tobacco smoke enemas were once used to revive drowning victims
nWlx9 TIL that there is a narrow boat tunnel over 3 miles long in Britain that takes over an hour to pass through on a small boat
gMOWy TIL that the director of My Cousin Vinny (1992) has a law degree from Cambridge and that the film is highly regarded in the legal community for its realistic depiction of courtroom procedure and trial strategy
EvdW TIL the USSR had a televised song contest. Since few people had phones, viewers would turn their house lights ON if they liked a certain song (OFF if they didn’t). The state energy co. recorded the size of each power spike & reported the results to the station to determine points for each contestant