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TIL that Google Talk has a feature that translates your chat into another language in real time.

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9KpM TIL when the game Twister came out it was accused by its competitors of selling “sex in a box”. The game did not get popular until it was played on The Tonight Show in 1966
W7B78 TIL: the longest competitive badminton match lasts for 161 minutes in 2016 Badminton Asian Championships women’s doubles semi-finals between Japan and Indonesia
looMV TIL California accounted for nearly half of the U.S. solar electricity generating capacity in 2015
5yXp TIL the FDA relies on studies performed by the companies seeking approval of chemicals they manufacture or want to use. No other developed country has a system where companies decide the safety of chemicals put into food. Many food additives allowed in the U.S. are banned in other countries
j6GeM TIL that hair styling powder exists, after I thought my hairdresser tried to sell me illegal drugs when he asked after my haircut if I wanted powder