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TIL that the camera built into a Mac computer is engineered so that it can't activate without the camera indicator light also turning on.

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mxZBE TIL there is an island called Disappointment Island. It's uninhabited, but home to over 65,000 pairs of white-capped albatross. In 1868, a steel tanker crashed there and 68 people died, while the remaining 15 waited 18 months to be rescued. In 1907, another ship crashed there and 12 men drowned.
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