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TIL that Sony patented Smart Contact Lenses that can record what you see

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dXLB TIL the you can take a mp3 and 3D print it to a record and have it play on a turntable.
x49D TIL Bill Murray considers the movie Kung Fu Hustle a supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy.
J1dEk TIL that a chain restaurant did not want to move into Taylor County, Florida due to an anti-incest billboard that had the slogan "She's your daughter. Not your date." Some members of the Taylor County economic board wanted it taken down but agreement was made to let it remain until the lease ended.
VMvkQ TIL that the NBA was was founded by the owners ice hockey arenas in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Canada in order to provide a means to income when ice hockey was not in session.
a8Vo0 TIL that limelight is a type of lighting once used for stages. Intense illumination is created when a flame fed by oxygen and hydrogen is directed at a cylinder of quicklime. Long since replaced by electric lighting, the term has survived; someone in the public eye is said to be "in the limelight."