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TIL about the 'cyber seat', the world's first park bench with free internet. It was installed in the UK in 2001 by Microsoft. Within days, two teens had plugged their house phone into it, attempting to call Bill Gates to say 'we are calling you from your bench'. They managed to reach his secretary.

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mxB0y TIL that a 1977 issue of Marvel Comics' The Defenders was dedicated to the Canadian rock band Rush. The issue not only opens with a written dedication to the band, but also includes thematic references to the band's songs "2112" and "The Twilight Zone" within the comic.
YpAP TIL Cleveland Indians player Jason Grimsley, crawled through the stadium’s ventilation system to get to the umpires’ office to retrieve a doctored bat. He replaced the illicit bat with an undoctored one. unaware of the fact that said teammate’s name was engraved on the bat.
1NMd TIL Dick Butt passed away in 2014. Let’s let him rest in peace, guys.
Me14a TIL when McCartney's dad heard 'She loves you' for the first time he liked it but told the Beatles: "there's enough of these Americanisms around. Couldn't you sing 'She loves you, yes, yes, yes!'"
Brd0y TIL Sergei Prokofiev died the same day as Stalin in 1953. Millions attended Stalin's funeral, but only 40 for Prokofiev's. A musical periodical noted his death on p. 116, with pages 1 to 115 devoted to Stalin. Flowers were so scarce in Moscow that Prokofiev's family used cuttings from house plants.