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TIL learned that Kodak invented the digital camera in 1975 but didn’t pursue it since film was their big moneymaker.

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GY6pJ TIL in the early 20th century a single man-eating tiger killed an estimated 436 people in Nepal and northern India over several years, until it was finally shot by a lone hunter
janQ TIL a popular Christmas decoration in the Nordics, the Yule Goat, is a tradition going back to pre-Christian days. A popular prank was to place a goat made of straw in your neighbour’s house without them noticing, and the victim would then repeat the act
yQ5Wv TIL that Timothy Leary was able to get out of prison after he filled in a psych test which put him as low-risk…which he himself designed.
woBP TIL: the people of Oslo, Norway donate the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree every year in gratitude to the people of London for assistance during WWII.
bOYp TIL while pregnant with Tupac, Afeni Shakur was in jail on charges of conspiracy to blow up department stores, subways and police stations. Acting as her own lawyer, she was acquitted just a month before Tupac was born