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TIL that Microsoft has a patent that allows the Kinect (and other video devices) to count the number of people in the room and stop playback if there are too many viewers. (Link to patent.)

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QRNp TIL Former NFL player Jason Brown walked away from football and a multimillion dollar contract to be a farmer - a skill he learned from YouTube.
9Ykp TIL that Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, used to make his employees recite pledges that ended with “…so help me Sam.”
J1g4V TIL In Breton it was said that the last person to die in the village before midnight of the New Year would be the guardian of the graveyard and Grim Reaper Ankou for the next year
jybp TIL in New York City, you could visit a new restaurant every day for 12 years, and never visit the same one twice.
0dRRv TIL Border collies are descended from one particular dog named Old Hemp who lived in Noethumbria from 1893-1901.