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TIL there are 'e-books' for the blind/visually impaired. The braille terminal is an electro-mechanical device that displays braille characters, usually by means of round-tipped pins raised through holes in a flat surface

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J1nG1 TIL Your brain is eating itself all the time
EQnw TIL that according to Scientology, Xenu is the dictator of the “Galactic Confederacy” who, 75 million years ago, brought humans to Earth in a DC-8 like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes and killed them using hydrogen bombs. The survivors of this attack formed humanity as we know it today.
PL6n TIL: The article quoting UNICEF that “70% of marriages in Ethiopia are by abduction” was in error. UNICEF’s survey says its 7.8% and almost entirely in rural areas.
lodDV TIL about Junius Groves, a former slave who walked 500 miles from Kentucky to Kansas City, Kansas and became very wealthy after finding great success growing potatoes.
GYROg TIL that Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic disasters and is known as "Miss Unsinkable."