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TIL a former slave ship captain wrote the song “Amazing Grace.”

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b6PW4 TIL that Xerox and Canon developed a digital watermark which color laser printers produce on every page that identifies the specific printer that was used to print the document in case it is used in a crime.
wLyyJ TIL that the largest ocean liner built entirely in the United States (and designed by an American) is sitting derelict in Philadelphia, PA in danger of becoming scrap.
j6Z5N TIL that when Sony installed rootkits on millions of devices as a form of DRM, DRM circumvention laws meant it was illegal to try and remove it.
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