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TIL that Amazon patented a wristband in 2018 that was designed to track warehouse workers’ hand movements in real time and direct them via vibrations.

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wLjX1 TIL the "blobfish" has been voted the world's ugliest animal. It will now serve as the mascot for the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
Lk6Q TIL while filming Caddyshack, Bill Murray was with the production only six days, and all of his lines were unscripted
KON96 TIL Despite Kermit the Frog often being credited as the iconic Muppet, Rowlf was actually the first known Muppet "star" as a recurring character on The Jimmy Dean Show, first appearing in a telecast on September 26, 1963.
0w1j1 TIL the publication of a global study on cocaine use by the World Health Organization was banned in 1995. Excerpts from the study conflicted with accepted views such as "occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems"
OGG1 TIL the main culprit for toothlessness in rural Appalachia is “Mountain Dew Mouth” not inbreeding or poor dental hygiene as once suspected.